Monument record 0690000000 - Great Horwood: Market Place

Summary

A charter to hold a market and a fair in the town was granted in 1447

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Type and Period (2)

  • MARKET (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
  • FAIR (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)

Description

A charter granting a Wednesday market and an annual fair (vigil, feast and morrow) to celebrate James the Apostle (25th July) was granted by King Henry VI to Nicholas Oselbury, the warden, and the scholars of the college of St Mary of Winchester in Oxford (New College) on 3rd July 1447. The market's value in the lay subsidy of 1335 was £70 (B1).

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  • <1>SBC20199 Bibliographic reference: 1903-27. Calendar of Charter Rolls (1226-1516). pp72.

Location

Grid reference SP 77149 31226 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT HORWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 8 2022 9:26AM

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