Thurles (Thurlys) was given a grant of murage dated 7/12/1356.
This was in the form of:-
This is a grant which may have been used for walls but could have been used for other civic improvements.
Wording
Similar COMMISSION, for 20 years , to the town of Thurlys in aid of the paving and its enclosure with a stone wall.
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Villa de Thurlys habet simile concessionem in subsid' paviandi & muro lap' claudendi pro idem tempus. T. ut s'. Sic eciam villa de Tullagh in Offely. T. ut s'. {Waterf', 7 Dec.}
Granted by Edward III. (Regnal year 30). Granted at Waterford.
Primary Sources
A Calendar of Irish Chancery Letters, c. 1244-1509, PR 30 Edw. III
View CIRCLE recordTresham, Edward (ed), 1828,
Rotulorum patentium et clausorum cancellariae Hiberniae calendarium (Dublin; His Majesty's printers) p. 65 No. 39-40
Secondary Sources
Thomas, A., 1992, The Walled Towns of Ireland Vol. 2 (Irish Academic Press) p. 192-4
Bradley J., 1985, 'The medieval towns of Tipperary' in Nolan, W. (ed) Tipperary: History and Society (Geography Publications, Dublin) p. 54
Comments
a single grant made in 1356-7 for 20 years is the only known reference (CPCR Hen II-VII 65 no. 39-Bradley 54). (Thomas)
CIRCLE footnotes "This is the first of two items calendared in RCH as a bundle with the item-number range §§39-40. The letters are dated 'Teste ut supra' in reference to a previous item whose date is not given." The previous entry in Tresham is a murage grant to Dungarven, which is not dated, the entry prior to that is dated Waterf', 7 Dec. the grant after the three murage grants is given (on a transcription of a much damaged roll) as "T. { } Dec.". Roll entries as not always concurrent but here a date of 7 Dec seems entirely reasonable.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 07/04/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
