The Gatehouse website record of a grant of murage for New Ross granted 20/5/1400

New Ross was given a grant of murage dated 20/5/1400.

This was in the form of:-

Surtax:- for 20 years {forever}

This is a grant which may have been used for walls but could have been used for other civic improvements.

Wording

20 May. 1400 New Ross
By letters patent dated 24 Nov. 15 Ric. II, that K. granted to the sovereign, bailiffs and commons of the town of New Ross that they might receive certain customs for 20 years for the purpose of enclosing and paving the town and for its defence against the Irish. At their petition , the K. has pardoned them for continuing to receive 2d from the said customs until now without licence. GRANT to them of the same customs for a term of 20 years from now.
Authorized:
By petition endorsed by the Lt and sealed with his seal.
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Rex, ad petic' etc. pardon' superiori, ballivis et communib' ville de Rosse de eo quod per litteras pat' 24 Nov' 15 R. II. Rex ille concess'it eis, erga dictem vill' claudend' et paviand', civitas custumas ad fin' 20 an', ii denarios de dictis custumis hujucusq' perceperint sine lic'; et concessit eis consuetud' praed' habend' usq' ad fin' 20 an' exnunc. Rosse, 20 Maii.- per pet' per loc' ten' indors' et sig' suo sign'.

Granted by Henry IV. (Regnal year 1). Granted at New Ross.

Primary Sources

A Calendar of Irish Chancery Letters, c. 1244-1509, PR 1 Hen. IV View CIRCLE record
Tresham, Edward (ed), 1828, Rotulorum patentium et clausorum cancellariae Hiberniae calendarium (Dublin; His Majesty's printers) p. 158 No. 98

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. 216
1835, Reports from Commissioners: Municipal Corporations in Ireland Vol. 28 p. 559 online copy
Morrin, 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 plagiarised from Commissioners Report) online copy

Comments

'Henry IV. also extended the murage and pavage grant of Richard II. by charter dated 1 Henry IV. 20th May, 1 Hen. IV. (Rot. Pat. 1 Hen. IV. a. 98.) to 20 years from that date,' (MCI)
The murage became vested by default and was still being collected in 1835.

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