Galway (Galuy in Ireland) was given a grant of murage dated 20/4/1360.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant, at the request of the king's daughter Elizabeth, countess of Ulster, to the bailiffs and good men of Galuy in Ireland of murage for five years. By the guardian.
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From Hardiman.
The original charter, from which the following extract is translated, remains on record in the tower of London. —The king to the bailiffs and good men of Galvy in Ireland greeting.—At the request of our beloved daughter Elizabeth countess of Ulster, we have granted to you, in aid of the inclosing the said town, that for five years next following, you may take for saleable commodities, coming to the town aforesaid, the following customs, viz.
For every crannock of whatsoever kind of corn, malt, meal, and salt, for sale, one penny.
For every crannock of wayde for sale, two pence.
For every crannock of corker and symack for sale, one penny.
For every crannock of bark for sale, one halfpenny.
For twelve crannocks of every kind of coals for sale, one penny.
For twelve crannocks of lime for sale, one halfpenny.
For every horse, mare, hobby, ox or cow for sale, one halfpenny.
For ten sheep, goats or pigs for sale, one penny.
For five bacon hogs for sale, one halfpenny.
For ten woolfells for sale, one halfpenny.
For every hide of horse or mare, hobby, ox and cow, fresh, salt or tanned for sale, one farthing.
For every one hundred Iamb-skins, goatskins, hare-skins, wolf-skins, cat-skins and squirrel-skins for sale, one halfpenny.
For every one hundred lambskins, hides of stags, hinds, bucks and does for sale, one penny.
For every mill-stone for sale, one penny.
For two hand mill-stones for sale, one farthing.
For every large sack of wool for sale, four pence.
For every measure of herrings for sale, one farthing.
For twenty large fish in ship or boat for sale, one penny.
For every horse- load of sea-fish for sale, one penny.
For every man's-load of sea-fish for sale, one farthing.
For every hundred of large fresh-water eels for sale, one penny.
For every salmon for sale, one farthing.
For every lamprey for sale, one farthing.
For every tun of wine and ashes for sale, four pence.
For every tun of honey for sale, four pence.
For every horse-load of honey for sale, one penny.
For every horse-load of ashes for sale, one penny.
For every horse-load of cloth for sale, one halfpenny.
For every entire cloth of assize for sale, one penny.
For twenty ells of Irish cloth, sale-wyche and worstede for sale, one penny.
For twenty ells of English or foreign linen cloth for sale, one penny.
For twenty ells of canvas for sale, one farthing.
For ten felt caps for sale, one halfpenny.
For every carpet or chaloun for sale, one farthing.
For every cloth of silk or baudekin for sale, one halfpenny.
For every Irish cloak for sale, one farthing.
For every ship coming to the aforesaid town, laden with saleable commodities, three pence.
For every horse-loud of cloth for sale, one halfpenny.
For every bundle of iron for sale, one halfpenny.
For one hundred gads of steel for sale, one halfpenny.
For one hundred large boards for sale, one penny.
For every thousand large sandals for sale, one penny.
For every thousand small sandals for sale, one halfpenny.
For one hundred large boards for sale, one farthing.
For one hundred pounds of pitch and rosin for sale, one halfpenny.
For every stone of tallow, grease, butter and cheese for sale, one halfpenny.
For two thousand onions for sale, one farthing.
For eight shanes of garlic for sale, one farthing.
For every boat laden with brush-wood for sale, one penny.
For every boat laden with timber for sale, one penny.
For every thousand nails for sale, one farthing.
For every one hundred horse-shoes and clout-nails for carts for sale, one halfpenny.
For every thousand dishes and wooden platters for sale, one halfpenny.
For twelve ropes for tackling for ships for sale, one farthing.
For every thousand hinges for sale, one farthing.
For every dozen of cordewane { … } for sale, one halfpenny.
For every one hundred of tin, brass and copper for sale, two pence.
For every one hundred of scalpyn and dried fish for sale, one penny.
For ten stone of hemp and flax for sale, one farthing.
For ten gallons of lamp oil for sale, one halfpenny.
For ten gallons of olive oil for ointment for sale, one penny.
For every hundred of coloured glass for sale, one penny.
For every hundred of white glass for sale, one halfpenny.
For every hundred of averdupois for sale, one penny.
For every other article exceeding the value of five shillings, not herein specified, coming to the aforesaid town, one farthing.—By the Regent himself.—Pat. 34 Edw. III. p. 1, m. 20.
Granted by Edward III. (Regnal year 34). Granted at Westminster. Granted by the guardian..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1911,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1358-61) Vol. 11 p. 352
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. 106-113
1835,
Reports from Commissioners: Municipal Corporations in Ireland Vol. 27 p. 317 (Ref. Hardiman)
Hardiman, James, 1820,
The History of the Town and Country of the Town of Galway p. 58
online copy (dates as 20 May 1361)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 17/01/2009. Last updated on 03/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
