It received its first grant of murage in 1261, yet foreign merchants complained in the following year that although murage was being collected they could see no wall-building. |
In March 1340 he travelled to London on community business, to show proof to the city authorities that Lynn burgesses were exempt from murage exactions there. |
Records of such royal orders and licences for England, Ireland and Wales can be found in The Calendar of Patent Rolls, for example this grant of murage to Northampton. |
The Hanse Merchants were freed from payment of murage on account of their engagement to keep Bishopsgate in order. |
Money was collected at the gates for the repair of the roads, a charge which was in addition to murage. |