Cork was given a grant of murage dated 17/6/1423.
This was in the form of:-
Tax Remission:- for 3 years of 86 marcs of fee farm and, unspecified arrears
Grant of money:- for 3 years of 20 marcs p.a. from coket Starting 17/6/1423 running to 16/6/1426.
Wording
The mayor and commons of the city of Cork in Ireland have shown to the king and council that the said city has for some years past been almost continuously beset by Irish rebels, so that none could go in or out without paying tribute to the said rebels, and the inhabitants have become so impoverished that they can no longer pay their fee-farm, being 86 marks a year. The king, therefore, by the advice of the council, has granted to the said mayor and commons a respite for three years of the said fee farm and of all arrears of the same to the present date, as well as of all amercements incurred by them at the exchequer of Ireland; and, it being understood that the gates and walls of the said city are in urgent need of repair, he has further granted to the said mayor and commons 20 marks a year for three years, out of the great custom called the 'coket,' in the port of the said city; which sum, as well as the amount of the fee-farm for the period specified, is to be expended on the said repairs, under the survey and control of the treasurer of Ireland. By p.s.
Mandate in pursuance to the collectors of customs of the said port. By p.s.
Granted by Henry VI. (Regnal year 1). Granted at Westminster. Granted by p.s..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1901,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry VI (1422-29) Vol. 1 p. 105-6
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Thomas, A., 1992, The Walled Towns of Ireland Vol. 2 (Irish Academic Press) p. 60-67
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 11/02/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
