Dublin was given a grant of murage dated 22/5/1225.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
May 22. 1296. The K. grants to the good men of Dublin, out of the 100 marks farm of the city, due at Michaelmas, 50 marks to inclose and fortify their city of Dublin. Mandate to William Marshall, justiciary of Ireland, to permit them to have the 50 marks, Westminster. {Close, 9 Hen. III., p. 2, m. 13.}
Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 9). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Sweetman, H.S. (ed), 1875,
Calendar of Documents Ireland 1171-1251 (London) p. 196 no. 1296
online copy
Secondary Sources
Thomas, A., 1992, The Walled Towns of Ireland Vol. 2 (Irish Academic Press) p. 79-93
Comments
Dublin received more charters and other grants than any Irish town and generally set the pattern for such measures-the early ones were short term and infrequent, but right from the start involved the taking of tolls-1221, 1233, 1250-and monetary grants 1223-5 (out of fee-farm). There was an apparent gap, 1255-1278, after which a series of more eloborate but still short-term charters covered the years until 1302 (CDI and II, HMD), (Thomas)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 31/03/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
