Tullow (Tullagh in Offely) was given a grant of murage dated 7/12/1356.
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
Similar COMMISSION to the town of Tullagh in Offaly.
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Villa de Thurlys het simile concessionem in subsid' paviandi & muro lap' claudendi pro idem tempus. T. ut s'. Sic eciam villa de Tullagh in Offely. T. ut s'. {Waterf', 7 Dec.}
Granted by Edward III. (Regnal year 30). Granted at Waterford.
Primary Sources
A Calendar of Irish Chancery Letters, c. 1244-1509, PR 30 Edw. III
View CIRCLE recordTresham, Edward (ed), 1828,
Rotulorum patentium et clausorum cancellariae Hiberniae calendarium (Dublin; His Majesty's printers) p. 65 No. 39-40
Secondary Sources
Thomas, A., 1992, The Walled Towns of Ireland Vol. 2 (Irish Academic Press) p. 240-41
Fitzgerald, Lord W., 1915-17, 'Tullow' Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society Vol. 8 p. 53
Comments
Murage-1343/5: grant for 7 years to provost of Tillagh (CP+CR I 47; CPI 57) renewed, apparently, in 1356 (Fitzgerald 1915-17). ... It is not clear if the 1356 murage is a separate grant or a mistaken version of the 1343/5, the dates of which vary slightly depending on the reference used. (Thomas)
Thomas seems to have missed this directly in Tresham.
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 09/04/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
