Mallow (Moyal) was given a grant of murage dated 28/4/1286.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to Thomas son of Maurice of murage for seven years for his towns of Traylli, Moyal and Ard.
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Grant to Thomas Fitz Maurice that from the making of these presents until the end of 7 years he may take in aid of inclosing his vills of Traylli {Tralee}, Moyal {Mallow}, and Ard, for the security and safe keeping of those vills, and the neighbouring parts, the following {customs}, namely:-
from each quarter of wheat for sale, 1/2d.;
each horse and mare, ox and cow, 1/2d.;
each hide of horse, mare, ox, and cow, fresh, salt, or tanned, 1/4d.;
each cart carrying salt meat for sale, 3 halfpence;
5 pigs, 1/2d.;
10 gammons, 1/2d.;
each fresh salmon for sale, 1/4d.;
each lamprey for sale before Easter, 1/4d.;
10 sheep, goats, or hogs, 1d.;
10 fleeces for sale, 1/2d.;
100 skins of unshorn sheep, or skins of goats, stags, hinds, or fallow deer, male or female, 1d.;
100 skins of lambs, cheverils, hares, rabbits, foxes, cats, and squirrels for sale, 1/2d.;
each cartload of salt for sale, 1d.;
each horse-load of salt for sale by the week, 1/4d.;
each horse-load of cloth for sale, 1/2d.;
each whole cloth sold, 1/2d.;
each hundred of linen cloth { }
{each} hundred of Irish cloth sold, 1d.;
each cloth of silk with gold, samite Diapre and Baudekyn, 1/2d.;
each cloth of silk without gold, and Chef de Cendal lo affortiato, 1/4d.;
each cart-load of sea fish sold, 4d.;
each horse-load of sea fish sold, 1/2d.;
each hogshead of wine sold, 3 halfpence;
each horse-load of cinders for sale, 1/2d.;
each horse-load of honey for sale, 1d.;
each hogshead of honey for sale, 3d.;
each sack of wool for sale, 2d.;
each truss of cloth brought by a cart, 3d.;
each horse-load of cloth for sale, or of other diverse and minute articles for sale coming to the said vills, 1/2d.;
each cart-load of iron for sale, 1d.;
each cart-load of lead for sale, 2d.;
each horse-load of tan for sale, by the week, 1/2d.;
a hundred of avoirdupois, 1d.;
prisage of suet and grease for sale, 1d.;
each quarter of woad, 2d.;
each hundred of alum and copperas for sale, 1/2d.;
2,000 onions, 1/4d.;
each horse-load of garlic for sale, 1/2d.;
each each 1,000 herrings for sale, 1/4d.;
each hundred boards for sale, 1/2d.;
each mill-stone for sale, 1/2d.;
each quarter of salt for sale, 1/4d.;
each quarter of flour, 1/2d.;
each weigh of cheese and butter for sale, 1/2d.;
each dozen horse-loads of coals for sale, 1/2d.;
each cart-load of brushwood for sale by the week, 1/2d.;
each horse horse-load of brushwood by the week, 1/4d.;
each caldron for brewing, 1/2d.;
each bale of cordwain for sale, 3d.;
each ship laden with brushwood for sale, 1/2d.;
each 1,000 nails for the roofs of houses, on sale, 1/4d.;
each 100 horse-shoes and clicti for carts, on sale, 1/2d.;
2,000 of any kind of nail, on sale, except nails for carts and for roofs on houses, 1/4d.;
and from each truss of any kind of merchandise, on sale, coming to the vills aforesaid, and exceeding the value of 2s., 1/4d.
On completion of the term of 7 years the custom shall cease and be abolished. Westminster {Pat., 14 Edw. I., m. 14.}
Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 14). Granted at Westminster.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1893,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward I (1281-91) Vol. 2 p. 236
online copySweetman, H.S. (ed), 1879,
Calendar of Documents Ireland 1285-1292 (London) p. 107 No. 226
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. 231-2
Comments
Presumably Thomas FitzMaurice 2nd Baron Desmond (d. 1298). The Desmond lands were in Munster.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 09/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
