bailiff and burgesses of Aldeburgh (Aldburghe) was granted an exemption from murage dated 19/12/1547.
Wording
Grant to Alexander Falke and John Colvile, inhabitants of the borough of Aldburghe, Suff., that the said borough may henceforth be a borough corporate by the name of the bailiffs and burgesses of the borough of Aldburghe, for ever.
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Also grant that the said bailiff and burgesses shall throughout the king's power be quit from toll, passage, pavage, pontage, keyage, murage, poundage, lastage, stallage, tallage, carriage, pesage, picage, tareage and scot and geld and danegeld and …
To hold the premises of the king at fee farm, rendering yearly 20s. at the Exchequer. By p.s. {II. 887. Westm., 15 Dec.}
Granted by Edward VI. (Regnal year 1). Granted at Westminster. Grant by By p.s..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1924,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward VI (1548-49) Vol. 2 p. 102
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Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 13/01/2010. Last updated on 19/01/2013. First published online 6/01/2013.
