New Ross (Rosponte) was given a grant of murage dated 12/2/1375.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Pro superiore Ballivis ac communitate villae de Rosponte de muragio.
Rex dilectis sibi Superiori & Ballivis ac communitate ville de Rosponte salutem Sciatis quod in auxilium ville praedicte que {in} marchia juxta hibernicos situatur & hostilibus hibernicorum aggressibus sepius obsessa est muro lapideo tam pro salvacinoe fidelis populi nostri dicte ville quam parcium adjacencium includende & in auxilium dicte ville paviande concessimus vobus quod & posteri vestri a die confecc'ois praesentia usque ad finem viginti annorum proximo sequenc' plenar' complend' capere possitis per manus illorum quos ad hoc deputare & pro quibus respondere volueritis de rebus venalibus ad eandem villam tam per terram quam per aquam venientibus consuetudines subscriptas videlicet
de qualibet libra Zynzib'is ven' unum obulum
D' qualibet libra croci ven' unum den'
D' qualibet lib'r piperis ven' unum quadr'
D' qualibet libra de Galyngale ven' unum ob'
De qualibet libr' de Clowes ven' unum denar'
D' qualibet lib'r de maces ginbibis & Grayndeparys ven' unum ob'
D' omnibus allis generibus specierum ven' valoris duodecim denar' {unum} quadr'
D' centenis libr' cere ven' quatuor' den'
D' cent' libr' amygdalarum & Rys ven' duos den'
D' quolibet fraello de fygis & Raysyns ven' unum ob'
D' cent' libr' de Alym ven' duos den'
D' cent' libr' seminis porri ven duos den'
D' duodecim libt' seminis ceparum ven' unum den'
D' qualibet libra cerici ven' duos den'
D' quolibet capite Sindonis ven' unum den'
D' {cent'} ulnis de canevas ven' duos den'
D' quolibet bolo de Elysam ven' unum ob'
D' qualibet pecia de Card ven' unum den'
D' quolibet Chalon' vel alio coopertorio lecti ven' unum ob'
D' duodecim capellis de feltro ven' unum den'
D' qualibet pecia panni de legis ven' unum den'
D' qualibet pecia panni Angl' integri ven' quatuor den'
D' duodecim ulnis panni Angl' ven' duos den'
D' qualibet pecia panni hibern continent' duodecim virgas ven' unum den'
D' qualibet pecia panni linei hibern continent' duodecim ulnas ven' unum ob'
D' qualibet centena peciarum ferri ven' duos den'
D' qualibet benda peciarum ferri ven' unum den'
D' qualibet See{m} de Slabbis ven' unum denar'
D' centum petris ferri hyspayn' ven' quatuor den'
D' qualibet lyncia stagni ven' unum den'
D' quolibet fotmel plumbi ven' unum ob'
D' cent' libr' de scroff' ven' unum den'
D' omnibus generibus de Averdepays valor' duocedim den' ven' unum quadr'
D' mille clavorum de Spygynges ven' unum den'
D' duodecim Sherrys ven' unum den'
D' quolibet fraello de Batry ven' quatuor den'
D' quolibet grosso cacabo ven' unum den'
D' qualibet {sella} quinque solid' ven' unum ob'
D' quolibet dolio vini ven' quatuor den'
D' qualibet pipa vini ven' duos den'
D' quolibet crannoco brasii capitalis vel cursalis ven' unum den'
D' quolibet crannoco frumenti ven' unum den'
D' quolibet crannoco aven' ven' unum ob'
D' quolibet dolio butiri ven' quatuor den'
D' quolibet sumagio butiri ven' unum ob'
D' quolibet lestre butiri ven' unum den'
D' qualibet pisa sepis ven' unum den'
D' quolibet dolio allecis ven' quatuor den'
D' quolibet meys allecis ven' unum ob'
D' quolibet crannoco salis ven' unum ob'
D' quolibet crannoco ordei fabarum & pisarum ven' unum ob'
D' quolibet crannoco farine aven' et aliorum bladorum ven' unum ob'
D' caseo & butiro valoris duodecim den' ven' unum quadr'
D' quolibet sacco lane ven' quatuor den'
D' qualibet peisa lane ven' unum den'
D' qualibet lasta coriorum ven' sex den'
D' qualibet Dacra coriorum ven' unum den'
D' quolibet corio valoris duodecim den' ven' unum quadr'
D' quolibet corio tannato ven' unum ob'
D' cent' pellibus de Wolfell' ven' duos den'
D' cent' pellibus agnorus ven' unum den'
D' cent' pellibus cuniculorum ven' unum den'
et de valore duodecim denar' aliarum pellium ven' unum quadr'
D' quolibet equo valoris quadraginta solidorum & ultra ven' duos den'
D' quolibet tauro magno affro & vacca ven' unum den'
D' quolibet vitulo ven' unum quadr'
D' quolibet porco ove & capra ven' unum quadr'
D' quolibet summagio piscium ven' unum ob'
D' cent' piscibus siccis ven' unum den'
D' mille anguillis & merlyngis ven' unum den'
D' quocunque genere Maeremii necnon de bigis curriculis carris & bordis valor' duorum solid' ven' unum ob'
D' quocumque genere meeremii necon de bygis curricl'is Carris & Bordis valoris duorum solid' ven' unum ob'
Et de quocumque genere mercandizarum unde hic non fit menico ven' valoris duorum solid' unum ob'
D' qualibet navi bargea sive batello infra portum ejusdem ville intranti & terram capienti duos den'
D' quolibet salmone ven' unum quadr'
D' quolibet claran bosci ven' unum quadr'
Completo autem termino illo consuetudines praedicte penitus cessent & deleantur Nos autem grandi ruine dicte ville compacientes et ob fiduciam quam erga vos gerimus & heremus de quocumque compoto ad scaccarium nostram hibern de consuetudinibus praedictis reddendo tenore praesencium vos exoneramus Ita tamen quod denar' de consuetudinibus praedictis provenientes circa clausuram & pavimentum dicte ville & non alibi fidelicet expendantur et quod in fine cujuslibet anni termini praedicti compotus inde coram ven' in Christo pater Episcipo ffernen' & Abb'e de Dunbrothy qui pro tempore fuerint per vos fidelicet reddatur ut est moris In cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes T' preafato Gubernatore apud dubl'in xii ffebr'.
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12 Feb. 1375 Dublin
To the sovereign, bailiffs and commonalty of the town of New Ross.
In aid of the enclosing with a stone wall of the town of New Ross, which is situated in the marches near the Irish and is often besieged by the hostile attacks of the Irish, both for the salvation of the K.'s faithful people of the said town and for the neighbouring parts, and in aid of the paving the said town, GRANT to the sovereign, bailiffs and community of the town of New Ross, and their successors, that for a term of 20 years from the day of the making of these presents they may take by deputies or those for whom they wish to answer the following customs from articles for sale coming to the same town, both by land and by water, viz.:
from each pound of ginger for sale, 1/2d;
from each pound of saffron for sale, 1d;
from each pound of pepper for sale, 1/4d;
from each pound of galangal for sale, 1/2d;
from each pound of cloves for sale, 1d;
from each pound of mace, ginbibis and grain of Paris for sale, 1/2d;
from all other kinds of spice for sale worth 12d, 1/4d;
from 100 pounds of wax for sale, 4d;
from 100 pounds of almonds and rice for sale, 2d;
from each frail of figs and raisins for sale, 1/2d;
from 100 pounds of Alym for sale, 2d;
from 100 pounds of leek-seeds for sale, 2d;
from 12 pounds of onion-seeds for sale, 1d;
from each pound of silk for sale, 2d;
from each muslin hat for sale, 1d;
from 100 ells of canvas for sale, 2d;
from each bolo de Elysam for sale, 1d;
from each peck of Card for sale, 1d;
from each coverlet or other bed-cover for sale, 1/2d;
from 12 felt caps for sale, 1d;
from each piece of cloth de legis for sale, 1d;
from each piece of whole English cloth for sale, 4d;
from 12 ells of English cloth for sale, 2d;
from each piece of Irish cloth, containing 12 yards, for sale, 1d;
from each piece of Irish linen cloth, containing 12 ells, for sale, 1/2d;
from each hundredweight of pieces of iron for sale, 2d;
from each band of pieces of iron for sale, 1d;
from each See de Slabbis for sale, 1d;
from 100 stone of Spanish iron, 4d;
from each linch of tin for sale, 1d;
from each fotmel of lead for sale, 1/2d;
from 100 pounds of scroff for sale, 1d;
from all kinds of avoirdupois worth 12d, 1/4d;
from 1000 nails of Spygynges for sale, 1d;
from 12 Sherrys for sale, 1d;
from each basket of kitchenware for sale, 4d;
from each large cooking pot for sale, 1d;
from each saddle worth 5s for sale, 1/2d;
for each tun of wine for sale, 4d;
from each pipe of wine for sale, 2d;
from each crannock of first- or second-grade malt for sale, 1d;
from each crannock of wheat for sale, 1d;
from each crannock of oats for sale, 1/2d;
from each tun of butter for sale, 4d;
from each sum of butter for sale, 1/2d;
from each lestre {Probably leastar, the Irish word for 'vessel' or 'container', especially of milk.} of butter for sale, 1d;
from each wey of 'sepis' for sale, 1d;
from each tun of herrings for sale, 4d;
from each mease of herrings for sale, 1/2d;
from each crannock of salt for sale, 1/2d;
from each crannock of barley, beans or peas for sale, 1/2d;
from each crannock of flour of oats and other grain for sale, 1/2d;
from cheese and butter worth 12d for sale, 1/4d;
from each sack of wool for sale, 4d;
from each wey of wool for sale, 1d;
from each last of leather for sale, 6d;
from each dicker of leather for sale, 1d;
from each leather worth 12d for sale, 1/4d;
from each tanned leather for sale, 1/2d;
from 100 skins of woolfell for sale, 2d;
from 100 lamb-skins for sale, 1d;
from 100 rabbit-skins for sale, 1d;
and from other skins worth 12d for sale, 1/4d;
from each horse worth 40s and more for sale, 2d;
from each large bull, draught-horse and cow for sale, 1d;
from each calf for sale, 1/4d;
from each pig, sheep and goat for sale, 1/4d;
from each sum of fish for sale, 1/2d;
from each hundredweight of dried fish for sale, 1d;
from 1000 eels and merlins for sale, 1d;
from any kind of timber, and also from bigs, cart, wagons and boards worth 2s for sale, 1/2d.
And from any kind of merchandise whatever for sale of which mention is not made here worth 2s, 1/2d;
from each ship, barge or boat entering the port of the same town and landing there, 2d;
from each salmon for sale, 1/4d;
from each claran bosci {Probably the Irish clarán, indicating a 'board of wood' or a 'load of wooden boards'} for sale, 1/4d.
At the completion of that term, the said customs shall cease and be removed entirely. The K., sympathising with the great ruin of the said town and on account of the faith he bears and has in them, exonerates them from rendering any account at his Ex. of Ire. for the said customs. The money derived from the said customs is to be spent faithfully on the enclosing and paving of the said town, and not otherwise; and at the end of each year of the said term, an account is to be rendered before the venerable fathers in Christ, the bp Ferns and the abbot of Dunbrody, as is customary.
Attested:
, governor
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Rex concess' superiori ballivis ac communitati ville de Rosponte in auxilium dicte ville quod per 20 an' prox' capere possint de reb' venal' ad dictam vill' tam per terram quam per aquam venientib' consuetud' subscriptas, viz. etc. Dub', 12 Feb.
Granted by Edward III. (Regnal year 49). Granted at Dublin. Granted by Governor.
Primary Sources
Commissioners on the Public Records of Ireland, 1889 (prepared 1829-30),
Chartae Privilegia et Immunitates, being transcripts of charters and privileges to cities, towns, abbeys and other bodies corporated, 18 Henry II. to 18 Richard II., 1171 to 1395 (Dublin; Irish Record Commission) p. 67-8 (Ref. E Rot. Pat. 49 Edw. III. m. 5. f.)
A Calendar of Irish Chancery Letters, c. 1244-1509, PR 49 Edw. III
View CIRCLE recordTresham, Edward (ed), 1828,
Rotulorum patentium et clausorum cancellariae Hiberniae calendarium (Dublin; His Majesty's printers) p. 91 No. 59
Secondary Sources
Thomas, A., 1992,
The Walled Towns of Ireland Vol. 2 (Irish Academic Press) p. 175-79
Hore, H.F., 1900 in Hore, P.H. (ed),
The history of the town and county of Wexford Vol. 1 p. 202-04
online copy1835,
Reports from Commissioners: Municipal Corporations in Ireland Vol. 28 p. 558
online copyMorrin, J. (ed), 1863,
Calendar of the Patent and Close Rolls of Chancery in Ireland, from the 18th to the 45th of Queen Elizabeth Vol. 2 p. 111 (Some parts plagerised from Commissioners Report)
online copy
Comments
Edward III. in the forty-ninth year of his reign, by letters patent bearing date the 12th February, (Rot. Pat. 49 Edw. III. m. 5.) granted to the sovereign, bailiffs, and commonalty of the town of Rosponte certain customs therein mentioned, for pavage and murage for 20 years. (MCI)
Basically same list and rates as Clonmell 1364 but different spellings and abbreviations (i.e. grendeparis/Grayndeparys), some omissions in list and rather different final item with some additions suggesting not a direct copy and certainly not the same scribe but the Clonmell grant used as a template.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 05/02/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
