Dundalk (Dondalk) there is secondary evidence of a grant of murage dated <1305.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Louth. Geoffrey de Alueton comes into court on the morrow of S. Lucia the Virgin, at Dublin, and {says} that he is indicted of the breaking of the box of the murage of Dondalk, and of taking 5 marks and 40d. of that murage, against the will of the community of that town, and he prays to be admitted to answer. As nothing of this appears to the court, he is discharged on mainprise of Roger de Asseheburn, Ric. le Blound, Thomas Ralhawe and Walter Alueton, to appear at the next coming in co. Louth.
Granted by Edward I.
Primary Sources
Mills, J. (ed), 1914,
Calendar of Justiciary Rolls, Ireland Vol. 2 (Dublin) p. 126
online copy
Secondary Sources
Thomas, A., 1992, The Walled Towns of Ireland Vol. 2 (Irish Academic Press) p. 93-98
Comments
the earliest murage reference is an indirect one - 'G. de Alueton was' indicted of breaking the box of murage of Dundalk and of taking 5 marks 40 pence (£3.10.0) ... against the will of the community' in 1305 (CJR II 126). This suggests that a murage grant was then in operation. (Thomas)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 01/04/2009. Last updated on 01/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
