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Thomastown may have been given a grant of murage dated 1331.

This was in the form of:-

Wording


Granted by Edward III.
Primary Sources
The primary source is lost or obscure.
moot

Secondary Sources
Thomas, A., 1992, The Walled Towns of Ireland Vol. 2 (Irish Academic Press) p. 190-92
Pilsworth, W.J., 1953, The history of Thomastown & District (Thomastown) p. 4

Comments
There is another undated reference to a request for an alteration to a murage grant which Pilsworth (4) relates to the 'aftermath of the 1331 attack on the town'. (Thomas)

Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 07/04/2009. Last updated on 01/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.

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