It had be unsolde this sevene yeare, so me god helpe!
The Vision of Piers the Plowman, Lines 205 et seq.
FOREIGN MERCHANTS.
1233. Mandate to the bailiffs of Peter de Dreux, count of Brittany, in the fair of St. Botolph, that every week, for so long as the fair lasts, they shall cause thrice to be proclaimed throughout that fair that no merchant bringing wine for sale to England, whether wine of Gascony, of Anjou, of Oblenc (Le Blanc on the Creuse), of Auxerre, or of other place, shall after this fair of St. Botolph bring to England any dolium of wine which contains less than it was wont to hold in the time of Henry, Richard and John, kings.
Cal. of Close, 1231-4, 223.
1235. The King to his Bailiffs of Yarmouth greeting.
Know that we have granted by our charter for us and our heirs to our beloved citizens of Cologne that they may go freely to the fairs throughout our land, and buy and sell in the town of London and elsewhere, save for the liberty of our city of London.
Cal. of Close, 1234-7, 216.
1279. To William de Brayboef, Keeper of the Priory of Winchester.
Order to send to the king the 310 marks which Reyner de Luk and his fellows, merchants of Lucca, lent to William at the last fair of St. Giles at Winchester.