Clonmel (Clommele) was given a grant of murage dated 8/4/1298.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant, at the instance of Otto de Grandisono, to the bailiffs and good men of Clommele, of murage for ten years. By K.
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The K. grants at the instance of Otho de Grandison to the bailiffs and good men of Clommele {Clonmel} for ten years out of intrinsic and foreign merchandise, and for the greater security of adjacent parts, the following custom, namely:-
From each hogshead of wine for sale, 2d.;
each dicker of hides, 1d.;
each crannock of any kind of corn, 1/4d.;
each crannock of salt, 1/4d.;
each crannock of flour, 1/4d.;
each dicker of goat skins, 1/2d.;
each band of iron, 1/2d.;
1/2 mark's worth of worked iron, 1/2d.;
each sack of wool, 2d.;
each cow, 1d.;
each ox, 1d.;
each horse or mare, 1d.;
each hog, 1/4d.;
8 two years' old sheep, 1d.;
each piece of Irish cloth, 1/4d.;
each cart-load of lead, 2d.;
each hundred of wax, 11/2d.;
each crannock of woad, 2d.;
100 lbs of alum, 1d.;
200 boards, 1/4d.;
1/2 mark's worth of mercery and bateria, 1/4d.;
each load of worked iron, 1/2d.;
each French mill-stone, 1d.;
each English mill-stone, 1/2d.;
each piece of foreign cloth, 1d.;
each piece of linen cloth from beyond the seas, 1/2d.;
each hundred of canvas, 1/2d.;
each weigh of fat, 1/2d.;
each ship laden of the cargo of 400 hogshead of wine, laden with any kind of merchandise, 16d.;
each ship called farecost, 8d.;
and skins worth 5s. , 1/2d.
At the end of the term of ten years the custom shall cease and be abolished. By the K. himself {Pat., 26 Edw. I., pt. 2, m. 21.}
Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 26). Granted at Westminster. Granted by K..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1895,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward I (1292-1301) Vol. 3 p. 340
online copySweetman, H.S. (ed), 1881,
Calendar of Documents Ireland 1293-1301 (London) p. 235-6 No. 511
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. 51-54
Burke, William P., 1907,
History of Clonmel (Waterford) p. 215-
on line copy
Comments
The Dublin 1284 form of murage.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 10/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
