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Grimsby
Hob Uid: 922691
Location : North East Lincolnshire Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TA2704009310
Summary : Medieval borough, mentioned in documents dated 1194, 1201, 1202 and 1207. Grimsby was protected by earthen defences of post conquest date.
More information : TA 2704 0931. Medieval borough of Grimsby. In a document dated 1194, burgesses of Grimsby were mentioned (a). In both 1201 and 1207, charters of King John were granted to Grimsby, that of 1207 mentioning the king's court of burgesses (b). In 1202, the borough was represented by its own jury at the eyre (a court of itinerant justices who travelled in circuit) (c). (1-2) The Pipe Rolls for 1200 document a payment of £80 to Ralph of Bradley and others for the construction of a castle. In 1201 Ralph paid a large sum to be quit of his responsibility, and in 1203 the sheriff of Lincolnshire returned £49-17s-10d to the Exchequer. The return of such a large sum suggests that the works, if ever started, were never completed, and this is confirmed by the fact that some years later a local lord paid 28 marks for all the stone and lime with which the King had proposed to build a castle. (2)

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Vol(s) : 1973

Source Number : 1a
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Source details : Historical MSS Commission, 8th report, 1881, p 269
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Source Number : 1b
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Source details : Ballard A, British Borough Charters 1042-1216, 1913, p 10, 82, 87, 117, 133, 135, 136, 142, 144, 147, 150, 153, 181, 196, 125
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Source Number : 1c
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Source details : Justices Itinerant, I/479 mm 1, 9 (P.R.O.)
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Medieval Towns in England and Wales (ed) Barley
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Vol(s) : 14 - 1975

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Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : mentioned in 1194
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Monument Start Date : 1194
Monument Type : Town
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Documented but never completed
Monument End Date : 1200
Monument Start Date : 1200
Monument Type : Castle
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence, Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 20 NE 45
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Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 1994-01-01
End Date : 1994-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 2000-01-01
End Date : 2000-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 2007-01-01
End Date : 2007-12-31

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Grimsby