Dundalk there is secondary evidence of a grant of murage dated <1409.
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
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Granted by Henry IV.
Primary Sources
Gwynn, A., 1948, 'Extracts relating to co. Louth from the calendar of the register of Primate Nicholas Fleming' County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society Journal Vol. 11.4 p. 237
Secondary Sources
Thomas, A., 1992, The Walled Towns of Ireland Vol. 2 (Irish Academic Press) p. 93-98
Comments
Again, from a 1409 document there is evidence of a murage grant(s) otherwise unknown - it is an affidavit to the Archbishop of Armagh stating that murage and pavage money was 'faithfully expended' (Fleming Register, ed Gwynn 1948, 237). (Thomas)
Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 01/04/2009. Last updated on 01/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.
