Cork was given a grant of murage dated 8/10/1303.
This was in the form of:-
This is a grant which may have been used for walls but could have been used for other civic improvements.
Wording
The bailiffs and men of Cork have a murage according to the tenor of the murage granted to other Irish cities for six years from the Monday after St Denis next {14 Oct.}. And it is granted to them that half of the cost which they spend on fresh-water conduit {conductum aque dulcis} in that town is to be allowed to them on their account of the issues of the said murage.
Attested:
John Wogan, Jcr {Clonmel, 15 Oct}
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Ballivi et homines de Cork habent muragium secundum tenore' muragii ceteris civitatib' Hib' concess' pro 6 an'. Cl mele, 15 Oct. Et concessum est eis quod medietas custus quem apponent circa conductum aquae dulcis in ea villa allocetur eis super compotum suum de exitib' muragii praedictum. Teste ut supra {Cork, 8 Oct.}
Granted by Edward I. (Regnal year 31). Granted at Clonmel/Cork.
Primary Sources
A Calendar of Irish Chancery Letters, c. 1244-1509, PR 31 Edw. I no. 103
View CIRCLE recordTresham, Edward (ed), 1828,
Rotulorum patentium et clausorum cancellariae Hiberniae calendarium (Dublin; His Majesty's printers) p. 6 no. 80
Secondary Sources
1835, Reports from Commissioners: Municipal Corporations in Ireland Vol. 27 p. 27
Comments
31- Edward I., dated 13th October, 1303. The bailiffs and men of Cork were granted murage as in other towns in Ireland, for six years. (
Cork City Council website)
What is the reason for three slightly different dates and two places?
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 27/01/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
