Dublin was given a grant of murage dated 6/2/1455.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
6 Feb. 1455 Dublin
GRANT to John Bennet, Philip Bellew, William Grampe and James Power, citizens of Dublin, of £6 p.a. from the fee-farm of Dublin to be expended yearly on the repair and maintenance of the walls and gates of the said city by the supervision of two citizens who have been mayors.
Attested: Thomas s. of Maurice, e. Kildare, Jcr
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13 Feb. 1455 Dublin
CONFIRMATION of a grant dated 5 {sic} Feb. 1455 of £6 p.a. to the city of Dublin for 40 years. The money is to be paid to John Bennett, Philip Bellew, William Grampe and James Power, citizens of Dublin, to be expended by supervision of two citizens who have been mayors of Dublin upon the repair and maintenance of the walls and gates, now in a ruinous condition.
Attested: Thomas s. of Maurice, e. Kildare, Jcr
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Thomas Fitz-Maurice, Earl of Kildare, Justiciary in Ireland for Henry VI.:Confirmation of royal grant, made on the sixth of February, 1454-5, of six pounds annually to the city during the ensuing forty years. The money is to be paid to John Bennett, Philip Bellew, William Grampe, and James Power, citizens of Dublin, to be expended under the supervision of two citizens, who have been Mayors of
Dublin, on the repairs and maintenance of the walls and gates, now in a ruinous condition.
Granted by Henry VI. (Regnal year 33). Granted at Dublin.
Primary Sources
A Calendar of Irish Chancery Letters, c. 1244-1509, PR 33 Hen. VI
View CIRCLE recordMorrissey, J.F., 1939, Statute rolls of the parliament of Ireland, twelfth and thirteenth to the twenty-first and twenty-second years of the reign of King Edward the fourth (Dublin) p. 202-4A Calendar of Irish Chancery Letters, c. 1244-1509, PR 33 Hen. VI
View CIRCLE recordGilbert, J.T. (ed) et al, 1889,
Calendar of the ancient records of Dublin Vol. 1 p. 31
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Comments
A very similar grant made the next year may have been to clarify and/or confirm this grant. It seems unlikely this second grant was an additional remission and it can be assumed this grant was suspended.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 01/04/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
