Dungarvan was given a grant of murage dated 4/1/1609.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
... it further grants to the said corporation, the right of holding a Court Leet before the recorded, or his deputy, twice in the year; one within a month of the feast of Easter, and the other within a month after the feast of St Michael; and that they should have in the said court the assize of bread, and all other victuals coming to be sold. And it further grants to sovereign, brethren, and free burgesses, all fines, amercements, and forfeitures in the said Courts Leet, for the repair of the walls, and likewise all goods and chattels waved and strayed within the said borough and its franchises, and a moiety of the goods and chattels of all felons, fugitives, &c., and all wrecks of the sea happening within the said borough and franchises, and precincts thereof. (MCI)
Granted by James I. (Regnal year 7).
Primary Sources
moot
Secondary Sources
Thomas, A., 1992, The Walled Towns of Ireland Vol. 2 (Irish Academic Press) p. 99-101
1835, Reports from Commissioners: Municipal Corporations in Ireland Vol. 27 p. 63
Comments
while in 1609 money from the Courts Leet and other funds was assigned to the repair of the town walls in the new charter (MCI 63). (Thomas)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 01/04/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
