Drogheda in Meath was given a grant of murage dated 7/9/1296.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant to the burgesses and good men of the town of Drogheda, in the parts of Meath, of murage for seven years.
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{Aug?} 29. 311. Grant to the burgesses and good men of the vill of Drogheda, towards Meath, that they make {sic} take for seven years in aid of inclosing their vill, and for the greater security of those parts, the following customs, namely:-
From each crannock of wheat, beans, peas, and any kind of corn on sale, 1/4d.;
each crannock of flour and malt, 1/4d.;
each crannock of chalk, 1/4d.;
each crannock of woad, 2d.;
each crannock of tan, 1/4d.;
each crannock of pimpernel or chickweed {corchorus}, 1/2d.;
each crannock de Symak, 1/2d.;
12 crannocks of any kind of coals, 1d.;
each crannock de waraddo, 1/4d.;
tweleve crannocks of salt, 1/2d.;
two shillings' worth of apples and nuts, 1/4d.;
each horse and mare, hobby, ox, and cow, 1/2d.;
ten sheep, goats, or hogs, 1d.;
five fat pigs, 1/2d.;
ten fleeces of wool, 1d.;
each hide of horse, mare, hobby, ox, and cow, fresh, salted, or tanned, 1/4d.;
one hundred skins of sheep-fells, or skins of goats, stags, hinds and fallow deer, male and female, 1d.;
one hundred skins of lambs, kids, hares, rabbits, foxes, cats, and squirrels, 1/2d.;
each mill-stobe, 1d.;
two handmills, 1/4d.;
each sack of wool, 4d.;
each mease of herrings, 1/4d.;
20 large fishes for sale in a ship or boat, 1/2d.;
a horse-load of sea fish, 1/2d.;
a man's load of sea fish, 1/4d.;
one hundred large fresh water eels, 1/2d.;
each lamprey or salmon before Easter, 1/4d.;
four salmon after Easter, 1/4d.;
each hogshead of wine and cinders, 2d.;
each hogshead of honey, 3d.;
each horse-load of honey, 1d.;
each horse-load of cinders, 1/2d.;
each hogshead of beer, 1d.;
each horse-load of cloth, 1/2d.;
each whole cloth of assize, 1/2d.;
twenty ells of Irish cloth, Galewith or worsted, 1/2d.;
twenty ells of linen cloth and canvas, 1/4d.;
ten caps de fulcro, 1/4d.;
each carpet, 1/4d.;
each cloth of silk with gold, de Samite, Draspe, and Baudlekyn, 1/2d.;
each silk cloth without gold and chef of yellow cloth, 1/4d.;
each Irish jacket {falang}, 1/4d.;
each ship coming to the burgh laden with articles for sale, 3d.;
each truss of cloth brought by cart, 2d.;
each horse-load of cloth or other articles, 1/2d.;
each band of iron, 1/2d.;
each cart-load of iron, 1d.;
100 lbs. of pitch and rosin, 1/2d.;
the wey of grease and fat, butter and cheese, 1/2d.;
10 lbs. of seed de oyngnet, 1/2d.;
100 lbs. of leek seeds, 2d.;
2,000 onions, 1/4d.;
8 sheaves of garlic, 1/4d.;
100 boards, 1/4d.;
100 large boards for ships, 1/4d.;
each thousand large shingles, 1d.;
each thousand small shingles, 1/2d.;
each ship laden with large or small timber, 3d.;
each ship laden with firewood, 1d.;
each boat laden with firewood, 1d.;
each boat laden with large or small timber, 1d.;
each mast of a ship, 1/4d.;
each thousand nails, 1/4d.;
each hundred horse-shoes and clouts for carts, 1/2d.;
each load of lodwar, 1/2d.;
a pair of bands to bind cart wheels, 1/2d.;
each dozen griddles of iron, 1/4d.;
each new chest or coffer, 1/4d.;
each thousand wooden dishes and plates, 1/2d.;
tweleve ropes for rigging of ships, 1/4d.;
each thousand hinges, 1/4d.;
each truss of any kind of merchandise exceeding the value of 2s. and coming to the same burgh, 1/4d.;
each dozen of Cordova leather and basil, 1/2d.;
each hundred of tin, brass and copper, 2d.;
each cartload of lead, 2d.;
each hundred gads of steel, 1/2d.;
each hundred de Skalpyn, 1d.;
each hundred of stockfish, 1/2d.;
ten pieces of canvas and linen, 1/4d.;
each hundred of freestone {franca petra}, 1/2d.;
10 gallons of oil, 1/2d.;
each dozen of kitchen utensils, 1/2d.;
each hundred de Seylwed, 1d.;
each hundred of canvas for ships, 1/2d.;
each boat laden with tan, 1d.;
each hundred of coloured glass, 1d.;
each hundred of white glass, 1d.;
of avoirdupois, to wit, the hundred, 1d.;
and for every two shillings' worth of merchandise not named in the letters, 1/4d.
On completion of the term of seven years the customs shall cease and be abolished. Berwick-upon-Tweed. {Pat., 24 Edw. I., m. 8.}
Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 24). Granted at Berwick-on-Tweed.
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1895,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward I (1292-1301) Vol. 3 p. 196
online copySweetman, H.S. (ed), 1881,
Calendar of Documents Ireland 1293-1301 (London) p. 145-6 No. 311
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. 72-79
Comments
murage was granted in 1234 to both towns and subsequently, jointly or individually, in 1240, 1243, 1278, 1295, 1296. (Thomas)
A new list, owing only a few items to previous grants. The Irish measure of the crannock is introduced.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 10/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
