New Ross (Rosse) is said to have been given a grant of murage dated 17/7/1377 but this report is rejected.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Erroneous attribution of grant by Richard III in 1484.
Granted by Richard II. (Regnal year 1).
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. 73 (Ref. E Rot. Mem. 34-35 Eliz., m. 11. f.)
Secondary Sources
Thomas, A., 1992,
The Walled Towns of Ireland Vol. 2 (Irish Academic Press) p. 175-79
dated 1378)
1835, Reports from Commissioners: Municipal Corporations in Ireland Vol. 28 p. 559 online copyFleming, J.S., 1914,
The Town-wall Fortifications of Ireland (Paisley) p. 40
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
Richard II, by letters patent bearing date the 17th day of July, in the first year of his reign, (Rot. Mem. 34, 35 Eliz., m. f. 11,) granted to the sovereign, provosts, and commons of the town of Rosse, towards the repairing of the said town, and the walls and port thereof, a certain capital rent of the said town, extending annually to £4, then being in his hands for certain causes, to hold the same as long as it should happen to remain in his hands. (MCI)
A charter of Richard II., July 17, 1377, provides out of the customs £4 (four pounds), to be faithfully expended (nor applied to any other purpose) on maintenance and repairs of the town walls and port - muros et portum ejusdem repaire et sustintaire. A subsequent charter, January 26, 1394, referring to the wall's then state of dilapidation and destruction caused by "our Irish rebels," concedes for the reparation of the same that custom called "the Coquet." (Fleming)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 05/02/2009. Last updated on 03/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
