Order to supersede entirely the levying of 11 marks from Miles Pychard, for the fee of a charter of fair and market granted in the twenty-third year of the reign, as Miles paid this sum into the wardrobe by the hands of John de Drokenesforde, keeper thereof.
Cal. of Close, 1296-1302, 171.
A Fair which was Farmed.
1331. To the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer.
Order to cause William de Pynlande, clerk, to be discharged of 50s. yearly for the fair of Lopen in Somerset, … the king having committed the fair to Gilbert Talebot for the term of twenty years.
Cal. of Close, 1330-3, 265.
Some precautions were taken that new markets and fairs should not be established where they would damage those which already existed. A saving clause to this end was usually inserted in the grants.
1205. Grant of a market at Wilton.
The King to the Sheriff of Hereford greeting.
Know that we have granted to Henry de Longchamp that he have a market at Wilton every Tuesday, so that it be not to the injury of neighbouring markets. And therefore we command you to cause that he hold it, and to cause this to be proclaimed throughout your bailiwick.