Date | | | |
1279 | | The coinage altered to a fixed standard, by command of Edward I. There were four mints in Dublin during this King's reign. | |
1282 | | High-street burned. | |
1283 | | The greatest part of the city, together with most of the buildings of Christ Church and St, Werburgh's Church, destroyed by an accidental fire. | |
1286 | | The citizens of Dublin excommunicated for encroaching on the ecclesiastical rights. | |
1287 | | Charter granted to Dublin by Edward I. | |
1289 | | Renewal of grants of customs to repair the exchequer. | |
1300 | | Base coin, called Pollards and Crocards, cried down by proclamation. | |
1304 | | A great fire in which most of the public records were burnt in St. Mary's-abbey. | |
1308 | | John le Decer chosen provost of Dublin, and Richard de St. Oliver and John Stakebold, sheriffs. John le Decer erects a marble cistern to receive the water from the conduit; he also built a bridge over the Liffey. | |
1310 | | A great scarcity, when a cranock of wheat sold for 20s. The bakers were drawn through the city on hurdles fastened to horses' tails for using false weights, and other frauds. | |