The Gatehouse website record of a grant of murage for Dublin granted 28/10/1233

Dublin was given a grant of murage dated 28/10/1233.

This was in the form of:-

Surtax:- for 3 years Starting 25/12/1233 running to 24/12/1236.

Wording

Grant to the mayor and good men of Dublin of murage for three years from Christmas next. Mandate to the justiciary…
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License to his Mayor and good men of Dublin, - in aid of enclosing and strengthening that city, and for the security and protection of it and the adjacent parts, - to levy the tolls here mentioned on the following, coming to Dublin for sale, during three years from the festival of the Nativity of our Lord, in {1233} the eighteenth year of the King's reign:-
of every crannoc of wheat or oats, a half-penny;
of every horse, mare, bullock or cow, a penny;
of five hogs, a penny;
of six sheep, a penny;
of every last of hides, twelve pence;
of every sack of wool, three pence;
of every butt of wine, two pence;
of every weigh of wheat, two pence;
of every load of lead, two pence;
of every bundle of cloth or other merchandize, two pence;
of every crannoc of salt, a farthing;
of every crannoc of woad, two pence;
of every weigh of tallow or cheese, a penny;
of every butt of honey or butter, fourpence;
of every mease of herrings, a farthing;
of every hundred of salmon, a penny;
of every hundred of merchandize sold by weight, two pence.
The tolls levied under this grant to be discontinued and to cease on the expiration of the above-named period of three years.
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Oct. 28. 2068. Grant to the mayor and good men of Dublin for 3 years, from Christmas, a. r. 18 Henry III., of the following customs on articles or beasts brought for sale, to enable the mayor and men of Dublin to inclose and fortify the city:-
For every crannock of wheat, 1/2d.;
a crannock of oats, 1/2d.;
a horse or mare, ox or cow, 1d.;
5 hogs, 1d.;
6 sheep, 1d.;
a last of hides brought for sale, to be carried elsewhere, 12d.;
a sack of wool, 3d.;
a hogshead of wine, 2d.;
a weigh of wheat, 2d.;
a cartload of lead, 2d.;
a truss of cloth or other merchandise, 2d.;
a crannock of salt, 1/4d.;
a crannock of woad, 2d.;
a weigh of tallow and a weigh of cheese, 1d.;
a hogshead of honey or butter, 4d.;
a mease of herrings, 1/4d.;
a hundred of salmon. 1d.;
and every hundred of goods saleable by weight, 2d.
The customs to cease and be abolished at the end of the 3 years.
Mandate thereupon to the justiciary of Ireland. {Pat., 18 Hen. III., m. 17.}
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Rex dilectis et fidelibus suis maiori et probis hominibus suis Dubline, salutem.
Sciatis quod concessimus vobis in auxilium civitatis nostre Dubline claudende et firmande ad securitatem et tuicionem ejusdem civitatis simul et partium adjacencium quod capiatis in eadem civitate Dubline a festo natalitio Domini, anno, etc., decimo octavo, in tres annos completos:
De quolibet crannoco frumenti venali veniente usque Dublinam unum obolum.
Et de quolibet crannoco avene venali veniente in eandem civitatem unum obolum.
De quolibet equo vel equa, bove vel vacca, illuc ductis ad vendendum, unum denarium.
De quinque porcis illuc ductis ad vendendum, unum denarium.
De sex ovibus illuc ductis ad vendendum, unum denarium.
De quolibet lesto coriorum venali veniente illuc ad vendendum, et alibi deferendum, duodecim denarios.
De quolibet sacco lane venali in eandem civitatcm veniente, tres denarios.
De quolibet dolio vini venali illuc veniente, duos denarios.
De qualibet pisa frumenti venali illuc veniente, duos denarios.
De qualibet carcata plumbi venali veniente illuc, duos denarios.
De quolibet trussello panni vcl alterius mercandise illuc veniente, duos denarios.
De quolibet craunoco salis venali illuc veniente, unum quadrantem.
De quolibet crannoco wayde venali illuc veniente, duos denarios.
De qualibet pisa cepi, vel pisa casei, venalis illuc veniente, unum denarium.
De quolibet dolio mellis vel butiri venali illuc veniente, quatuor denarios.
De qualibet mcisa allecis venali illuc veniente, unum quadrantem.
De quolibet centum salmonum venalium illuc veniencium, unum denarium.
De quolibet centum mercimonii, per pondus vendendi, venali illuc veniente, duos denarios.
Ita, quod, oecasionc hujus eoncessionis nostre, de premissis nihil capiatur post predictos tres annos completos; sed statim, completo termino illo, cadat consuetudo illa ct penitus aboleatur.
Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod, in auxilium predicte civitatis claudende, predict am consuetudinem capiatis usque ad predictum terminuiri, sieut predictum est.
Teste rege, apud Wincheeumbe, vicesimo octavo die Octobris, anno regni nostri decimo octavo.

Granted by Henry III. (Regnal year 18). Granted at Winchecombe.

Primary Sources

1906, Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1232-47) Vol. 3 p. 31 online copy
Gilbert, J.T. (ed) et al, 1889, Calendar of the ancient records of Dublin Vol. 1 p. 8-9 online copy
Sweetman, H.S. (ed), 1875, Calendar of Documents Ireland 1171-1251 (London) p. 308 No. 2068 online copy
Gilbert, Sir John Thomas (ed.). 1870, Historic and Municipal Documents, Ireland, A. D. 1172-1320. From the Archives of the City of Dublin, etc. London p. 96-7 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. 79-93

Comments

Dublin received more charters and other grants than any Irish town and generally set the pattern for such measures-the early ones were short term and infrequent, but right from the start involved the taking of tolls-1221, 1233, 1250-and monetary grants 1223-5 (out of fee-farm). There was an apparent gap, 1255-1278, after which a series of more eloborate but still short-term charters covered the years until 1302 (CDI and II, HMD), (Thomas)

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