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Image: Kilkenny St. Mary's Church Kilkenny Room Charter of James I 1609 2017 09 11

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Description: Charter of James I, 1609, as displayed in the Kilkenny room. This charter raised Kilkenny to a city with a mayor who is “to have a sword carried before him or them within the said city, and the county of the said city, at their will and pleasure, in such manner and form as is used in any other city or cities before any Mayor or Mayors within the said Kingdom of Ireland.” (See John G. A. Prim, The Corporation Insignia and Olden Civic State of Kilkenny. In: The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, Fourth Series, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1870), pp. 280–305 (quote from pp. 281–282), JSTOR, and G. A. Hayes–McCoy: The Galway Sword and Mace. In: Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. 29, No. 1/2 (1960), pp. 15–35 (see p. 19.), JSTOR)
Title: Kilkenny St. Mary's Church Kilkenny Room Charter of James I 1609 2017 09 11
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