Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- TABLE SHOWING CONTENTS OF CHARTERS
- CHARTERS
- I FORMATION OF BOROUGH
- II A BURGAGE TENURE AND LAW OF REAL PROPERTY
- II B TENURIAL PRIVILEGES
- III BURGESS FRANCHISE
- IV JURISDICTIONAL PRIVILEGES
- V MERCANTILE PRIVILEGES
- VI BOROUGH FINANCES
- VII BOROUGH OFFICERS
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
V - MERCANTILE PRIVILEGES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- TABLE SHOWING CONTENTS OF CHARTERS
- CHARTERS
- I FORMATION OF BOROUGH
- II A BURGAGE TENURE AND LAW OF REAL PROPERTY
- II B TENURIAL PRIVILEGES
- III BURGESS FRANCHISE
- IV JURISDICTIONAL PRIVILEGES
- V MERCANTILE PRIVILEGES
- VI BOROUGH FINANCES
- VII BOROUGH OFFICERS
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
Summary
MARKETS AND FAIRS
Ban of Trade to Borough
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, 1100—35 (A-text). Quicquid mercaturae navis per mare advexerit ad terram debet ferri praeter sal et allec (quae) debet vendi in navim.
(Whatever merchandise a ship may bring by sea, must be brought on to the land, except salt and herrings, which must be sold on shipboard.)
LEGES QUATTUOR BURGORUM
Line 1. For quicquid mercaturae read quascunque mercaturas.
2. For advexerit read adduxerit.
3. For allec (quae) debet read alleces quae debent.
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, 1100—35 (B-text). Mercandisae quae per mare burgo adportantur ad terram portari debent praeter sal et alleces quae in navi debent vendi.
(Merchandise, which is brought by sea to the borough, must be carried to land, except salt and herrings, which must be sold on shipboard.)
WEARMOUTH, 1162—86.
Line 1. For mercandisae read mercationes.
3. Add at end vel in burgo ad libitum venditoris.
CAMBRIDGE, 1120—31. Prohibeo ne aliqua navis applicet ad aliquod litus de Cantebrugeseira nisi ad litus de burgo meo de Cantebruge, neque carece onerantur nisi in burgo de Cantebruge, neque aliquis capiat alibi theloneum nisi ibi.
(I forbid any ship touching at any hythe of Cambridgeshire except at the hythe of my borough of Cambridge, nor shall barges be loaded except in the borough of Cambridge, nor shall any take toll elsewhere except there.)
LINCOLN, 1154—79. Henricus etc. vicecomitibus et ministris suis de Lincolscire. Precipio quod faciatis forinsecos mercatores venire ad Lincolniam et ibi facere mercaturas suas ita rationabiliter et juste sicut facere solebant tempore Henrici Regis avi mei, ne prepositi mei Lincolniae amittant meas regias consuetudines.
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- British Borough Charters 1042–1216 , pp. 168 - 219Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1913