Middle English Dictionary Entry
mū̆rāǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mū̆rāǧe n. Also morage, merage. |
| Etymology | ML & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A tax for the building and maintenance of a town wall; (b) the right to levy such a tax; (c) a fund for building and maintaining a town wall; (d) the repairing of a town wall; (e) ~ loft, ?a loft or building where taxes were collected.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1290) RParl.1.55a : Cives London'..petunt Muragium propter deteriorationem Murorum. ]
- [ (c1290) Britton 1 (Lamb 403)p.75 : Murage, ou pontage, ou cheminage. ]
- (1424) *Mun.B.Bridgewater1427 : Morage.
- (c1432) *Mun.B.Bridgewater1444 : Recevyd for Plancage & Morage, x d.
- (1448) Shillingford138 : The tennauntes..shall paye dymes and kynges silver and other taxes to the kinge..and murage of the seide Citee.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)29/7 : Suffre hem to paye toll, pyckage, murage, or grondage.
- a1525(?1426) Cov.Leet Bk.107 : They ordeyn..that ther be made a new extent of the murage thorough this Cite.
- a1525(?1426) Cov.Leet Bk.108 : They..pray þe mair to extent of new þe murage..and þat hit be apployed to þe Towne wall and no otherwyse, nor to non other vse.
b
- [ (1308-9) RParl.1.275b : A..le Roy prie Geffrey de Morton qe..luy voille graunter Murage a Dyvelyn..a refere la Tour..e le Mur. ]
- (1450) RParl.5.185b : Ony manner Graunte of murage, made by you to eny Maier and Commynaltee.
c
- a1525(?1423) Cov.Leet Bk.59 : Þat Mold Lichefeld pay to þe murage of this cite aftur þe lond þat she holdithe.
- a1525(?1429) Cov.Leet Bk.119 : That al-maner men of this Cite..pay to the murage for ther godes as oder men don for her lond.
- a1525(?1472) Cov.Leet Bk.383 : To forfet..xl s., þe on half þerof to þe shirrifs..& þe oþer half to þe Murage of þis Cite.
d
- -?-(1450) Pet.Hen.VI in Archaeol.191 : For the grete charges and dayelie costes the which your said pouere citee berethe abowte the enclosyng and meerage of your said citee, it is become right desolate.
e
- (1378) Rec.Norwich 2236 : In domo vocata le Morageloft.
- (1397) Rec.Norwich 2238 : [Two stalls under the] Murageloft.