Drogheda {in Louth} may have been given a grant of murage dated 1320.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
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Granted by Edward II.
Primary Sources
moot
Secondary Sources
D'Alton, J., 1844,
The history of Drogheda with its environs Vol. 1 (Dublin) p. 87
online copy
Comments
In 1319, 1320, and 1322, royal mandates issued to the Lord Justice of Ireland, directing him to remit to the Mayor and burgesses of Drogheda at the Louth side, their fee farm rent of sixty marks per annum, for the term of the five ensuing years, in order the better to effectuate the extension of their fortifications (D'Alton)
What is the reason for the repeated issue of the mandate? I suspect, in practice, despite the mandate, each year the full fee-farm was demanded by the sheriff and the town had to go to the Lord Justice for a repeat. What was D'Alton's source? Not in CIRCLE not in English patent or close rolls.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 05/09/2009. Last updated on 26/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
