Youghal (li Hyochil) was given a grant of murage dated 24/6/1275.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the good men of Thomas de Clare of li Hyochil in Ireland, at the instance of the said Thomas, their lord, of murage for seven years from Michaelmas, 3 Edward I
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Grant to the tenants of Thomas de Clare, at his instance, for 7 years, from Michaelmas, a. r. 3, of the following customs to enable them to inclose their vill of Youghal {li Hyochil}, and repair its walls, namely:-
From each ship laden with timber, bark, or brushwood for sale, entering or leaving, 12d.;
each quarter of corn brought by sea or land, 1/4d.;
2 quarters of rye, barley, or oats, 1/4d.;
each thousand of brushwood, 2d.;
each boat laden with timber, brushwood, or bark, 2d.;
each hogshead of wine, laden or unladen in the vill, 2d.;
each hundred of salt sold there, 4d.;
each last of herrings sold there, 2d.;
each horse, mare, ox, or cow sold there, 1/2d.;
each skin of a horse, mare, ox, or cow sold there, fresh, salted or tanned, 1/4d.;
10 fleeces sold there, 1/2d.;
200 sheep or hog sold there, 1d.;
each hundred of lambs, sheep, goats, or rabbit skins, 1/2d.;
each timber of squirrels or badger skins, 1/2d.;
each hundred of merchandise sold by weight, 1d.;
each seam of garlic, 1/2d.;
each mill stone, 1d.;
each thousand of onions, 1/2d.;
each thousand laths, 1d.;
each sack of wool, 4d.;
half a sack of wool, 2d.;
each dicker of hides, 1d.;
each dozen of Cordovan leather, 2d.;
each dozen of fullers mills, 1d.;
each hogshead of pitch or cinders, 1/2d.;
each quintal of any weighed merchandise, except iron, 1d.;
each hundred of boards, 1d.;
each hogshead of honey, 2d.;
each hundred of mulvels, 1d.;
each weigh of cheese, butter, and tallow, 1d.;
each seam of pitch, 1/4d.;
each dozen lusseli of yarn for ropes, 1/2d.;
each assize of woad, 1d.;
each cartload of lead, 3d.;
each thousand floci or ligei, 2d.;
each truss of cloth brought by by water, 3d.;
each one horse burden of cloth, 1/2d.;
each hundred ells of linen cloth and canvas, 1d.;
each ship carrying on freight 100 hogshead of wine, 12d.;
other ships, larger or smaller, carrying merchandise, more or less in the above proportion.
Mandate that these customs be taken for 7 years, and then cease. Westminster. {Pat., 3 Edw. I., m. 17.}
Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 3). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1901,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward I (1272-81) Vol. 1 p. 98
online copySweetman, H.S. (ed), 1877,
Calendar of Documents Ireland 1252-1284 (London) p. 199-200 No. 1144
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Thomas, A., 1992, The Walled Towns of Ireland Vol. 2 (Irish Academic Press) p. 215-20
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 09/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
