Carlow may have been given a grant of murage dated 1361.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
…
Granted by Edward III.
Primary Sources
The primary source is lost or obscure. moot
Secondary Sources
Thomas, A., 1992,
The Walled Towns of Ireland Vol. 2 (Irish Academic Press) p. 34-37
Curtis, E., 1938, A History of Medieval Ireland (London) p. 282Ryan, J., 1833,
The history and antiquities of county Carlow (Dublin) p. 82
online copyCox, Richard, 1689, Hibernia Anglicana Vol. 2 p. 393
Comments
no murage charters are known but in 1361 £500 was paid for walling Carlow when the Exchequer moved there (Ryan, quoting Cox: Chronicles of Ireland; Curtis 282) (Thomas)
Lionel {of Clarence} soon marched against O'Brien of Munster and defeated him; on which occasion, he created many knights among the English of blood and of birth.—Not long subsequently, he removed the exchequer to Carlow, and expended a sum of five hundred pounds in walling that town. (Ref - Chron. of Ir. Cox. v. 2 p. 393) (Ryan)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 29/03/2009. Last updated on 05/01/2013. First published online 5/01/2013.
