The Gatehouse website record of associated evidence for murage concerning Cork dated 7/12/1317

There is associated evidence for murage, dated 7/12/1317, concerning Cork.

Wording

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7 Dec. 1317 Cork
It was agreed by Roger Mortimer, Lt, and others of the {K.'s} council at Cork on 25 Nov. 1317 that the gate in the wall of the city near the house of the Friars Preachers should be in the custody of the mayor and bailiffs and good men of the city; so that in time of peace it shall be shut and opened at the same time as the other gates of the city, and the friars and other lawful men shall have ingress and egress by the same; and in time of war, whenever danger threatens by which the city may be lost or destroyed, the gate shall be closed and well kept by the men of the city during the war. ORDER that this ordinance shall be well observed forever.
Attested: Roger Mortimer
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Rex, ob favorem fratum praedicator' Cork, confirmat imprep' ordinacionem nuper factam per Rog' de Mortuo Mari loc' ten' Hib' et cons' apud Cork, quod illa porta que est in muro dicte civit' prepinquior domui dictor' fratum sit in custod' majoris et ballivor' et alior' prob' homnim ejusd' civit. 7 Dec.
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20 Sept. 1318 York
Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent, under the seal used by the king in Ireland, whereby it was agreed between Roger de Mortuo Mari, the king's lieutenant in Ireland, and others of the Council at Cork, from the day of St. Martin in fifteen days in the eleventh year of the king's reign, that that gate which is in the wall of the city of Cork, near the house of the Friars Preachers, shall be in the custody of the mayor and bailiffs and other good men of the said city, so that in time of peace it shall be shut and opened at the same time as the other gates of the city, and shall be so opened and ordered that the said Friars and other lawful men shall have free ingress and egress by the same and that in time of war
When any danger shall threaten by which the said city may be lost or destroyed the same gate shall be closed and well kept by the men of the city during that war; and as a favour to the said Friars Preachers and other lieges the king wills that the said ordinance shall be well observed for ever; witness the king's said lieutenant at Cork, 7 December in the eleventh year of the king's reign. By p.s.

Granted by Edward II. (Regnal year 11). Granted at Cork.

Primary Sources

Irish Record Commission, 1829-30, Chartae Privilegia et Immunitates p. 48 (ref. E Rot. Pat. 11 Edw.II.p.2.m 7d.)
A Calendar of Irish Chancery Letters, c. 1244–1509, PR 11 Edw. II View CIRCLE record
Tresham, E. (ed), 1828, Rotulorum patentium et clausorum cancellariae Hiberniae calendarium (Dublin) p. 24 No. 157
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1903, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward II (1317-21) Vol. 3 p. 210 view online copy

Comments

Although security is the expressed reason for this town control of an auxiliary gate taxation may be the more mundane reason behind this and the dispute that presumably took place for this mandate to be made and confirmed 9 months later in England.

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