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Dungarvan (D{}ngaveran) 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

GRANT, for 20 years, to the town of Dungarvan of certain specified customs from articles for sale coming to that town, in aid of the paving of the town and its enclosure with a stone wall.
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Rex in subsidium ville de D{}ngaveran paviand' & muro lapideo claudend' concessit iis pro 20 an' etas consuetud' specificat' de rebus venal' ad dictam vill' venient'.

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 record
Tresham, Edward (ed), 1828, Rotulorum patentium et clausorum cancellariae Hiberniae calendarium (Dublin; His Majesty's printers) p. 65 No. 38

Comments
Missed by Thomas.

Record created by Philip Davis. This record created 11/09/2009. Last updated on 04/06/2012. First published online 5/01/2013.

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