Kilkenny was given a grant of murage dated 23/5/1319.
This was in the form of:-
Wording
Grant for four years, at the request of Hugh Daudele, the younger, the king's nephew, to the bailiffs and good men of Kilkenny in Ireland of murage upon all wares for sale brought into their town. By p.s.
Granted by Edward II. (Regnal year 12). Granted at York. Granted by p.s..
Primary Sources
Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1903,
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward II (1317-21) Vol. 3 p. 342
online copy
Secondary Sources
Coulson, Charles, 2009, Murage Grants (Handwritten list and notes)
Comments
No grants are known for the years 1312-74, except a 7 year grant for pavage (CPI 56), but this is the general pattern, only Dublin and Drogheda being the exceptions, (Thomas, A., 1992, The Walled Towns of Ireland Vol. 2 (Irish Academic Press) p. 128).
The difficulties of the several rolls shows here - was there a particular issue with Irish government in the mid C14 that led to English enrollment or was just that Hugh Daudele was part of the royal court?
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 13/01/2009. Last updated on 26/05/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
