Letters Patent - Authorizing the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Kilkenny to Hold Fairs [1862-04-02]

Letters Patent - Authorizing the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Kilkenny to Hold Fairs [1862-04-02]

Local Government

Ireland

Letters Patent issued by the Earl of Carlisle in Queen Victoria's name granting the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Kilkenny the power to hold fairs.

George, 7th Earl of Carlisle (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland)

"Letters patent of Victoria to the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Kilkenny granting additional power and authority to hold fairs In Kilkenny, 2nd April 1862," Kilkenny Digital Archive, accessed September 28, 2025, https://digital-archive.kilkenny.ie/index.php/items/show/2339 

1862-04-02

Jason Loch

Victoria by the Grace of God

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith and so forth. To all unto whom these presents shall come Greeting. Whereas it appears to us by an Inquisition taken by virtue of Her Majesty's Writ of Ad Quod Damnum issued in pursuance of our Warrant given on the memorial of The Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Kilkenny that the granting of a Fair to be held in the City of Kilkenny on the second Wednesday in every month instead of the first Thursday in every month as at present with a fair eve on the Tuesday preceding and also a Fair to be held on the first day of May and the twenty eighth day of September in every year unless either of said last mentioned days should happen to fall on Sunday, and in such case on the day after would be no damage hurt or prejudice to Her Majesty or any of Her Majesty's subjects who may now have or hold Fairs or Markets in the neighborhood of the said City of Kilkenny. Know ye therefore that we of our special grace certain knowledge and mere motion by and with the advice and consent of our Right Trusty and Right well beloved Cousin and Counsellor George William Frederick Earl of Carlisle K.G. our Lieutenant General and General Governor of that part of our said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland have given and granted and by these presents for us our heirs and successors We do give and Grant unto The Mayor Alderman and Burgesses of the Borough of Kilkenny and their successors for ever full Power and Authority To have and to hold in the City of Kilkenny One yearly Fair to be held on the second Wednesday in every month instead of the first Thursday in every month as at present with a fair eve on the Tuesday preceding And also a Fair to be held on the first day of May and twenty eighth day of September in every year unless either of the said last mentioned days should happen to fall on Sunday and in such case on the day after And further of our special grace certain knowledge and mere motion by and with the advice and consent aforesaid We have given and granted and by these presents We do give and grant unto the said Mayor Alderman and Burgesses of the Borough of Kilkenny and their successors for ever full power and authority to have and to hold in the said city of Kilkenny the said yearly fair to be held on the second Wednesday in every month as at present with a fair eve on the Tuesday preceding And also a fair to be held on the first day of May and twenty eighth day of September in every year unless either of the said last mentioned days should happen to fall on Sunday and in such case on the day after together with a Court of Pye Powder during the said fairs Yielding and paying unto us our heirs and successors the yearly sum of Two pounds Two shillings Stirling for said Fairs And our further will and pleasure is that these our Letters Patent or the enrollment hereof shall be in all things firm good valid and effectual in the law without any further Grant from us our heirs and successors to be had procured or obtained Provided always that these our Letters Patent be enrolled in the Landed Estates x x x Record Office in Dublin that in part of our said United Kingdom called Ireland within six months next ensuing the date of these presents otherwise these our Letters Patent to be void and of no effect anything herein contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding In witness whereof we have caused these Letters to be made Patent. Witness George William Frederick Earl of Carlisle our Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland at Dublin the second day of April in the twenty fifth year of our reign.

Enrolled in the Landed Estates Record Office the 28th day of April one thousand eight hundred and sixty two. Fee £1.1.0 paid W H Hardinge, Keeper of the Records

Vol 23 patents page 260 ____________ 28th April 1862

Ralph Cusack Clerk of the Crown & Hanaper

Enrolled in the office of the Rolls of Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery in Ireland on the tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty two. [Illegible Signature]

Wax Seal

Document is handwritten on parchment with printed decoration. Royal arms at the top flanked by a portrait of Queen Victoria (left) and St. Edward's Crown atop the Bible, the Sword of State, the Sovereign's Scepter, and Magna Carta (right). There's also a border consisting of a garland of thistles, roses, and shamrocks and an allegorical figure on each side.

Document begins with arched text reading "Victoria by the Grace of God" is printed in Gothic lettering.

Body is written in a mix of hands. Most of it is reminiscent of Round Hand, but Chancery hand is used for certain formulas and incipits. Larger Round Hand is used to emphasize other portions of the text (e.g., the name of the recipients).

Sealed with the Great Seal of Ireland.