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
VI - BOROUGH FINANCES
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
Firma Burgi
LONDON, 1131. Sciatis me concessisse civibus meis Londoniarum tenendum Middlesex ad firmam pro ccc libris ad compotum, ipsis et heredibus suis de me et heredibus.
(Know ye that I have granted Middlesex to my citizens of London, to be held at farm for £300 by tale, to them and their heirs of me and my heirs.)
LONDON, 1199. Sciatis nos concessisse et presenti carta nostra confirmasse civibus Londoniarum Vicecomitatum Londoniarum et de Middelsexia cum omnibus rebus et consuetudinibus quae pertinent ad predictum Vicecomitatum infra civitatem et extra per terras et per aquas habendum et tenendum eis et heredibus suis finabiliter de nobis et heredibus nostris, reddendo inde annuatim nobis et heredibus nostris ccc libras sterlingorum blancorum duobus terminis anni scilicet ad scaccarium Paschae c et l libras et ad scaccarium S. Michaelis c et l libras salvis civibus Londoniarum omnibus libertatibus et liberis consuetudinibus suis.
(Know ye that we have granted and by our present charter have confirmed to the citizens of London the Sheriffdom of London and of Middlesex with all things and customs which pertain to the said Sheriffdom within the city and without by land and by water to be had and holden to them and their heirs for ever of us and our heirs, rendering thence yearly to us and our heirs £300 sterling, of blanched money, at the two terms of the year, to wit, at the Easter Exchequer £150, and at the Michaelmas Exchequer, £150, saving to the citizens of London all their liberties and free customs.)
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- British Borough Charters 1042–1216 , pp. 220 - 240Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1913