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Last updated: 17 November, 2006

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ALFORD 5455 3761. 1334 Subsidy £58.25. Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 10 Oct 1283, by K Edw I to William de Welle. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 269). On 6 May 1439, it was said that K Edw III [sic] had granted William Welles a Tues market by charter. Leo, lord Welles, the heir of William and tenant of the manor, surrendered the charter to be cancelled, in order that K Hen VI could grant him a Tues market (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 5).
	F	(Charter) vfm, Holy Trinity (Easter dep); gr 10 Oct 1283, by K Edw I to William de Welle. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 269). On 6 May 1439, it was said that K Edw III [sic] had granted William Welles a fair on vfm Holy Trinity by charter (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 5). It is possible that the fair on Holy Trinity was superseded by that on Mon, Tues and Wed after Whitsunday.
	F	(Charter) Mon, Tues and Wed next after Whitsunday (Easter dep); gr 6 May 1439, by K Hen VI to Leo, lord Welles (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 5). It is possible that this fair superseded that on Holy Trinity.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Simon and Jude (28 Oct); gr 6 May 1439, by K Hen VI to Leo, lord Welles (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 5).

ANCASTER 4983 3437. Ancaster was a Roman fort and town. In 1135x54, a Benedictine cell was established in adjacent Wilsford, dependant on the alien abbey of Bec-Hellouin and the priory of Envermeu, both of which were in Normandy. The cell was granted a manor and other lands in Wilsford, Ancaster and Kelby. The cell was granted to Bourne abbey in 1401 (Medieval Religious Houses, pp. 85, 94). In the 1334 Lay Subsidy, part of Ancaster was valued with Wilsford at £61.80 and part with Willoughby and Sudbrook at £38.11 (Glasscock, pp. 172, 174).
	M	(Grant: other) Tues; mercatum, gr 1203, by K John to P of Evermu [Envermeu priory, Normandy] (PR, 5 John, p. 99). Nova Oblata: P of Evermue paid 5m. for a palfrey for having a market and fair at Ancaster.
	F	(Grant: other) f, Matthew the Apostle (21 Sept); feria gr 1203, by K John to P of Evermu [Envermeu priory, Normandy] (PR, 5 John, p. 99). Nova Oblata: P of Evermue paid 5m. for a palfrey for having a fair and market at Ancaster.

APPLEBY 4952 4149. 1334 Subsidy £76.50.
	M	(Charter) Wed; gr 20 Feb 1267, by K Hen III to Geoffrey de Nevill (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 73). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Margaret (20 Jul); gr 20 Feb 1267, by K Hen III to Geoffrey de Nevill (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 73). To be held at the manor.

BARDNEY 5118 3694. 1334 Subsidy £120.31. Site of monastic house founded by the end of the seventh century, which was destroyed in the late ninth century. A Benedictine priory was founded here in 1087 by Gilbert de Ghent (N. Bennett, ‘Religious Houses’, in S. Bennett and N. Bennett eds, An Historical Atlas of Lincolnshire (Hull, 1993), p. 48; P. Sawyer, ‘Anglo-Saxon Lincolnshire’, History of Lincolnshire iii (Lincoln, 1998), p. 145).
	M	(Prescriptive) Sun; recorded 22 Jan 1232, held by A of Bardney, when K Hen III conceded to the A that the market formerly held here on Sun would henceforth be held on Thurs (CChR, 1226–57, p. 147). On 22 Jan 1232 the sh of Lincolnshire was ordered to publicise the market and cause it to be held (CR, 1231–4, p. 22).

BARTON-UPON-HUMBER 5033 4220. Borough 1298 (BF, p. 136). 1334 Subsidy £245.75. An important settlement in the tenth and eleventh centuries and probably associated with the neighbouring monastery at Barrow upon Humber founded in the seventh century. Portmoot recorded in 1216x72. Gilbert de Gant died in 1298; his estates were granted to Henry de Beaumont in 1307 (G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), pp. 27, 189; BF, p. 136). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Prescriptive: borough) recorded 1086, mercatum, held by Gilbert de Ghent; it was associated with a ferry (Alecto Historical Editions, The Lincolnshire Domesday (London, 1992), f. 354v). In 1202, it was stated that the market of Barton-upon-Humber had been removed from Sun to Mon and that the town was held by Gilbert de Gant. The market was to be held on Mon (D.M. Stenton ed., The Earliest Lincolnshire Assize Rolls, 1202–09, Lincolnshire Record Society, xxii (1926), no. 865). In 1281, Gilbert de Gaunt claimed a Mon market ab antiquo (QW, p. 424). On 16 Oct 1307, K Edw II granted Henry de Bello Monte a Mon market, to be held at the manor (CChR, 1300–26, p. 107). On 14 Mar 1340, Henry de Bello Monte, late earl of Boghan [Buchan], lately deceased, was holding a Mon market (CIPM, viii, no. 271).
	F	(Charter) f+7, Holy Trinity (Easter dep); gr 28 Oct 1245, by K Hen III to Gilbert de Gaunt. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 289). In 1281, Gilbert de Gaunt claimed the fair (QW, p. 424).
	F	(Charter) vf+5, Exaltation of the Cross (14 Sept); gr 16 Oct 1307, by K Edw II to Henry de Bello Monte. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1300–26, p. 108). On 14 Mar 1340, Henry de Bello Monte, late earl of Boghan, lately deceased, was holding a fair on the feast of the Exaltation of Holy Cross (CIPM, viii, no. 271).

BASTON 5124 3140. 1334 Subsidy £132.28.
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 24 Oct 1257, by K Hen III to A and C of Croyland [Crowland]. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 476). In 1281, the A of Croylaund was holding the market (QW, pp. 396, 402).
	F	(Charter) vf+3, Nativity of John the Baptist (24 Jun); gr 24 Oct 1257, by K Hen III to A and C of Croyland [Crowland]. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 476). In 1281, the A of Croylaund was holding a fair on vf+3 Nativity of John the Baptist (QW, pp. 396, 402).

BAUMBER 5222 3745. 1334 Subsidy £101.63. In Lindsey.
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 24 Jul 1260, by K Hen III to Philip de Kyme (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 26). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vf+2, Swithun (2 Jul); gr 24 Jul 1260, by K Hen III to Philip de Kyme (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 26). To be held at the manor.

BELVOIR 4820 3339. 1334 Subsidy £43.50.
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 14 Jun 1261, by K Hen III to Robert de Ros of Belver and Isabel his wife and her heirs. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 36). On 3 Nov 1388, K Ric II confirmed the charter to John de Roos of Hamelak, kinsman and heir of William de Ros of Hamelak (CPR, 1385–89, p. 518).
	F	(Charter) vfm, John the Baptist (24 Jun); gr 14 Jun 1261, by K Hen III to Robert de Ros of Belver and Isabel his wife and her heirs. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 36). On 3 Nov 1388, K Ric II confirmed the charter to John de Roos of Hamelak, kinsman and heir of William de Ros of Hamelak. In the 1388 confirmation, the fair was stated to be held at Midsummer (CPR, 1385–89, p. 518).

BENNINGTON 5397 3465. 1334 Subsidy £210. Peter of Savoy was the uncle of Qu Eleanor of Provence; he died in 1268.
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 8 Apr 1255, by K Hen III to Peter of Savoy (CChR, 1226–57, p. 443). To be held at the manor.
	M	(Prescriptive) Thurs; recorded 1281, mercatum, held by Qu Eleanor [of Provence], the king’s mother (QW, p. 399).

BICKER 5224 3378. 1334 Subsidy £172.50.
	M	(Prescriptive) recorded 1202, mercatum (D.M. Stenton ed., The Earliest Lincolnshire Assize Rolls, 1202–09, Lincolnshire Record Society, xxii (1926), no. 931).

BLANKNEY 5068 3600. 1334 Subsidy £108.83.
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 30 Aug 1315, by K Edw II to Edmund de Eyncurt. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1300–26, p. 284). On 1 Jul 1325, K Edw II granted Edmund de Eyncourt a Sat market in lieu (CChR, 1300–26, p. 478).
	F	(Charter) vfm, Assumption (15 Aug); gr 30 Aug 1315, by K Edw II to Edmund de Eyncurt (CChR, 1300–26, p. 284). To be held at the manor.

BONBY 5004 4155. 1334 Subsidy £37.69.
	M	(Charter) Wed; gr 30 Nov 1318, by K Edw II to John de Hothum, bp of Ely and John son of Peter de Hothum and the heirs of the said bp (CChR, 1300–26, p. 397). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Philip and James (1 May); gr 30 Nov 1318, by K Edw II to John de Hothum, bp of Ely and John son of Peter de Hothum and the heirs of the said bp (CChR, 1300–26, p. 397). To be held at the manor.

BOSTON 5326 3442. Borough 1279 (BF, p. 136). 1334 Subsidy £1100. Near the mouth of the river Witham, Boston was an important outport for Lincoln, Lincolnshire (q.v.) by the twelfth century. Town and fair were part of the honor of Brittany by the early twelfth century and were held by the dukes of Brittany until c.1200. The town and the fair are usually recorded together in the early references, suggesting that the fair was influential in the success of the settlement. In 1241, K Hen III granted the honor of Richmond (one of the most important in medieval England) including Boston, to Peter de Savoy, the uncle of the queen. However, on the latter’s death in 1268, it was restored to John of Brittany. Boston was incorporated in 1545 (P. Sawyer, ‘Anglo-Saxon Lincolnshire’, History of Lincolnshire iii (Lincoln, 1998), p. 197; G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), p. 193; BF, p. 136; GEC, x, pp. 805–8). See also Wainfleet, Lincolnshire (q.v.). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474). See also E.W. Moore, The Fairs of Medieval England, an Introductory Study (Toronto, 1985), pp. 15–17 and passim.
	M	(Prescriptive: borough) recorded 6 May 1241. On 6 May 1241, the markets of Boston were granted by K Hen III to his uncle, Peter of Savoy (CChR, 1226–57, p. 259). The number of markets was not specified.
	M	(Charter) Sat; gr 15 Nov 1308, by K Edw II to John de Brittania, earl of Richmond (CChR, 1300–26, p. 123). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Prescriptive) nundinae recorded 1125x35, when the fair was said to take place in the cemetery of the ch of St Botolph (C.T. Clay ed., Early Yorkshire Charters, iv, pt i, The Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series, Extra Series i (1935), no. 8). There are numerous references to the fair between 1175 and 1281; it is described variously as at Boston, in or at Hoyland, or of Botolph (PR, 18 Hen II, p. 5; PR, 20 Hen II, p. 49; PR, 21 Hen II, pp. 5, 144; PR, 22 Hen II, pp. 77, 121; PR, 23 Hen II, p. 80; PR, 28 Hen II, p. 47; PR, 29 Hen II, p. 57; PR, 2 Ric I, p. 5; PR, 5 Ric I, p. 37; PR, 9 Ric I, pp. 94, 111, 115; PR, 2 John, pp. 8, 88–9; PR, 13 John, p. 130; PR, 14 John, p. 7; PR, 16 John, p. 146; PR, 26 Hen III, p. 307; Memoranda Roll, 1 John, p. 88; RCh, p. 77; RLC, i, pp. 39, 135b, 136, 141, 206, 215, 392b, 418, 419, 462, 498, 501b, 543, 607, 608, 612, 637; RLC, ii, p. 116b, 202b; CCR, vii, p. 269; CRR, x, p. 231; CRR, xii, no. 1073; CRR, xvi, nos. 1285, 1462, 1593; CRR, xvii, no. 54; CChR, 1226–57, p. 248; QW, p. 427). The fair could be worth £105 each year by the late twelfth century (G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), p. 193). On 14 Jun 1222, the sh of Lincolnshire was ordered to let it be known that the fair of Botolph would be held that year as it ought to be held (RLC, i, p. 499b). In 1280, the fair brought in £289 in gross receipts. By the late thirteenth century, the fair was apparently held later in the year, in Aug and Sept. In 1331, the length of the fair was found to vary: it was usually held from St Botolph’s day (17 Jun) until the feast of Bartholomew (24 Aug), but sometimes lasted until the Exaltation of Holy Cross (14 Sept) or even until Michaelmas (29 Sept) (E.W. Moore, The Fairs of Medieval England, an Introductory Study (Toronto, 1985), pp. 15–17). However, by 1350 the fair had declined considerably and it was no longer a trading point of international significance. The decline of the port and town was less rapid. Over the fourteenth century, by measures of wealth and population, Boston fell from about fifth to about tenth amongst English towns. By the sixteenth century it had fallen to twenty- sixth, or lower.

BOTTESFORD 4899 4070. Part of Bottesford was taxed at £33.06 and part at £2 (Glasscock, pp. 176, 186).
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 18 Jun 1271, by K Hen III to P and Brethren of the Hospitallers in England (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 169). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Peter and Paul (29 Jun); gr 18 Jun 1271, by K Hen III to P and Brethren of the Hospitallers in England (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 169). To be held at the manor.

BOURNE 5096 3200. 1334 Subsidy £168.25. Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Charter) Sat; gr 23 May 1281, by K Edw I to Baldwin Wak (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 250). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm+5, Holy Trinity (Easter dep); gr 23 May 1281, by K Edw I to Baldwin Wak. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 250). On 15 Nov 1308, K Edw II granted Joan, late the wife of John Wak [son and heir of Baldwin Wak] and Thomas her son and his heirs, a fair on vfm+5 Nativity of John (24 Jun) in lieu (CChR, 1300–26, p. 121).

BRACEBOROUGH 5081 3131. 1334 Subsidy £72.38.
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 7 Jan 1271, by K Hen III to William de Wasteneys (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 161). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, James the Apostle (25 Jul); gr 7 Jan 1271, by K Hen III to William de Wasteneys (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 161). To be held at the manor.

BRANT BROUGHTON 4915 3539. 1334 Subsidy £122.25.
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 20 Oct 1245, by K Hen III to Oliver de Albiniaco (CChR, 1226–57, p. 288). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Holy Trinity (Easter dep); gr 20 Oct 1245, by K Hen III to Oliver de Albiniaco (CChR, 1226–57, p. 288). To be held at the manor.

BRATTLEBY 4948 3808. 1334 Subsidy £21.12.
	M	(Prescriptive) Fri; recorded 1311, held by Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln (G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), appendix 1).
	F	(Prescriptive) recorded 1311, held by Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln (G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), appendix 1).
	F	(Prescriptive) recorded 1311, held by Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln (G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), appendix 1).

BRIDGE END 5143 3363. 1334 Subsidy £11.75. Bridge End priory, also known as Holland Bridge priory, a house of Gilbertine canons dedicated to St Saviour was founded in or before 1199. After being burnt down in 1445, the priory became a cell of St Mary’s priory, Sempringham (Medieval Religious Houses, pp. 195–7).
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 30 Jun 1356, by K Edw III to P of St Saviour, Holandbrigge (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 148). To be held at the town.
	F	(Charter) fm, Luke the Evangelist (18 Oct); gr 12 Aug 1355, by K Edw III to P of St Saviour, Holandbrigge (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 155). To be held at the town.
	F	(Charter) f, Mary Magdalene (22 Jul); gr 30 Jun 1356, by K Edw III to P of St Saviour, Holandbrigge. To be held at the town. On 12 Aug 1357, K Edw III granted the P of St Saviour, Holandbrigge, a fair on fm Mary Magdalen (CChR, 1341–1417, pp. 148, 155).

BRIGG 5000 4072. Also known as Glanford Brigg or Glandford Brigg (K. Cameron, The Place- Names of Lincolnshire, ii (Nottingham, 1991), p. 117). The lands late of Stephen de Camera (including Brigg), together with Desiderata his daughter, were granted to Hugh de Neville by K John. On 12 Nov 1235, K Hen III granted Ernisius de Neville, son of Hugh and Desiderata, the land with a market and fair (CChR, 1226–57, p. 214). In the 1334 Lay Subsidy, Brigg and Wrawby were valued together at £65.31 (Glasscock, p. 179). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Grant: other) mercatum, gr 1203, by K John to Hugo de Nevill, grossus. Nova Oblata: he owed a quarter of 20m. and one palfrey, or 5m., for having the market at the bridge of Glamford and the fair [see below], with all of the land which was of Stephen de Camera, with Desiderata, Stephen’s daughter (PR, 5 John, pp. 102–3). It is possible that this was the same market as that granted in 1235, see below.
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 12 Nov 1235, by K Hen III to Ernisius de Neville. To be held at Glanford Brigg (CChR, 1226–57, p. 214). It is possible that this was the same market as that granted in 1203, see above.
	F	(Grant: other) feria gr 1203, by K John to Hugh de Nevill’, grossus. Nova Oblata: Hugh owed a quarter of 20m. and one palfrey, or 5m., for having the fair, the feast of which was not given, and the market [see above], with all of the land which was of Stephen de Camera, with Desiderata, Stephen’s daughter (PR, 5 John, pp. 102–3). It is possible that this was the same fair as that granted in 1235, see below.
	F	(Charter) f+3, James (25 Jul); gr 12 Nov 1235, by K Hen III to Ernisius de Neville. To be held at Glanford Brigg (CChR, 1226–57, p. 214). It is possible that this was the same fair as that granted in 1203, see above.

BURGH IN THE MARSH 5501 3651. 1334 Subsidy £110.78. Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Charter) Sat; gr 18 Apr 1401, by K Hen IV to John Weston and Margaret his wife (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 416). To be held at the town.
	M	(Charter) Fri; gr 8 Apr 1492, by K Hen VII to Thomas Totnoth, one of the gentlemen ushers of the king’s chamber (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 270). To be held on Thomas’s ground in the town.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Peter in the Chair (22 Feb); gr 18 Apr 1401, by K Hen IV to John de Weston and Margaret his wife (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 416). To be held at the town.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Peter and Paul (29 Jun); gr 18 Apr 1401, by K Hen IV to John Weston and Margaret his wife (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 416). To be held at the town.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Trans of Thomas (7 Jul); gr 8 Apr 1492, by K Hen VII to Thomas Totnoth, one of the gentlemen ushers of the king’s chamber (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 270). To be held on Thomas’s ground in the town.
	F	(Charter) vfm Trans of Edward the Confessor (13 Oct); gr 8 Apr 1492, by K Hen VII to Thomas Totnoth, one of the gentlemen ushers of the king’s chamber, to be held on Thomas’s ground in the town (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 270).

BURTON 4962 3746. 1334 Subsidy £58.62. Identified by Platts as Burton by Lincoln (G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), appendix 1).
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 10 Nov 1280, by K Edw I to Master Ralph de Witham. To be held at the manor of Birton (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 233). In 1281, Master Ralph de Wykham was holding a Mon market at Byrton (QW, p. 398).
	F	(Charter) vf+5, Luke (18 Oct); gr 10 Nov 1280, by K Edw I to Master Ralph de Witham. To be held at the manor of Birton (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 233). In 1281, Master Ralph de Wykham was holding an eight day fair at Byrton, which was stated to be held on vm+5 Luke the Evangelist (QW, p. 398). This was presumably a scribal error.

BURTON UPON STATHER 4870 4179. 1334 Subsidy £37.44. Burton upon Stather was associated with the soke of Kirton, the administrative capital of the west riding of Lindsey (Alecto Historical Editions, The Lincolnshire Domesday (London, 1992), p. 23) The nearby settlement of Flixborough was a site of specialised production and trade from the seventh century onwards. Burton upon Stather was called ‘Market Burton’ in 1403 (K. Cameron ed., The Place-Names of Lincolnshire, vi (Nottingham, 2001), p. 43). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474). See also Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire (q.v.).
	M	(Prescriptive) recorded 1086, in Thealby, Darby and Burton upon Stather, K Wil I had half a market, belonging to Kirton in Lindsey (Alecto Historical Editions, The Lincolnshire Domesday (London, 1992), p. 23, f. 338v). Darby was once a hamlet just east of Burton upon Stather; Thealby was approximately two miles to the east. Although belonging to the soke centre at Kirton, this market was probably at Burton upon Stather, which was conveniently situated for trade on the bank of the river Trent close to its confluence with the river Humber. In 1199x1216, the day of the market was changed from Sun to Tues. Half of the market was held by the count of Boulogne, quarter by Richard Wascelin and quarter by Richard of Chester. Richard of Chester made a fine of ¼m. (Abb Plac, p. 71). ). By 1202 Richard Wascelin's quarter was in the possession of the Abbey of Roche, Yorks (D.M. Stenton ed., The Earliest Lincolnshire Assize Rolls, 1202-09, Lincolnshire Record Society, xxii (1926), p. 123). This was probably the market associated with the vill of Burton in 1241–2 (PR, 26 Hen III, p. 76).
	M	(Charter) Fri; gr 6 Oct 1314, by K Edw II to Thomas, earl of Lancaster, the king’s kinsman and Alice his wife. To be held at the manor of Burton Stather (CChR, 1300–26, p. 242). Market recorded here in 1329 (K. Cameron ed., The Place-Names of Lincolnshire, vi (Nottingham, 2001), p. 43).
	F	(Charter) vf+13, All Saints (1 Nov); gr 6 Oct 1314, by K Edw II to Thomas, earl of Lancaster, the king’s kinsman and Alice his wife (CChR, 1300–26, p. 243). To be held at the manor of Burton Stather.
	F	(Charter) vf+13, Holy Trinity (Easter dep); gr 6 Oct 1314, by K Edw II to Thomas, earl of Lancaster, the king’s kinsman and Alice his wife (CChR, 1300–26, p. 242). To be held at the manor of Burton Stather.

BURWELL 5356 3797. 1334 Subsidy £16.38.
	M	(Letter Close) Tues; mercatum, gr 30 Mar 1231, by K Hen III to Radulfo de Haya. To be held at the manor. Mandate to the sh of Lincolnshire to make the market known and cause it to be held (CR, 1227–31, p. 486). On 16 Sept 1234, the sh of Lincolnshire was informed that Ralph de Haya had shown that his market at Burwell was not on the same day as that at Saleby, Lincolnshire (q.v.) held by Brian de Insula. The sh was instructed not to prohibit Ralph’s market, unless he found that it was on the same day as that at Saleby (CR, 1231–4, p. 518).
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 16 Mar 1300, by K Edw I to Philip de Kyme (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 482). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Letter Close) f, Holy Trinity (Easter dep); feria gr 5 Oct 1240, by K Hen III to Ralph de Haya (CR, 1237–42, p. 228). To be held at the manor. Mandate to the sh of Lincolnshire to cause him to have it.

CAISTOR 5117 4013. Borough 1197–8 (BF, p. 136). Mint 970s–1042. 1334 Subsidy £39.08. Roman burgus. A seventh century coin found near Caistor suggests that it was then a site of trade (P. Sawyer, ‘Anglo-Saxon Lincolnshire’, History of Lincolnshire iii (Lincoln, 1998), p. 170). Caistor was an urban settlement from the tenth century. Appears to have declined in the late medieval period, possibly as a result of the rise in importance of Louth, Lincolnshire (q.v.) (G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), p. 224). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Prescriptive: borough, mint) recorded 1179, forum. Sh of Lincolnshire accounted for the 4m. increment of the market (PR, 25 Hen II, p. 43). The market and its income was recorded in 1187, 1191–4, 1196–8, 1200–1203, 1205, 1207, 1209–12, 1214, 1218 and 1220–1 (PR, 30 Hen II, p. 14; PR, 32 Hen III, p. 70; PR, 33 Hen II, p. 68; PR, 34 Hen II, p. 67; PR, 3 Ric I, p. 2; PR, 4 Ric I, p. 232; PR, 5 Ric I, p. 38; PR, 6 Ric I, p. 103; Chancellor’s Roll, 8 Ric I, p. 231; PR, 9 Ric I, pp. 95, 114; PR, 10 Ric I, p. 45; PR, 2 John, p. 65; PR, 3 John, p. 3; PR, 4 John, p. 218; PR, 5 John, p. 106; PR, 7 John, p. 198; PR, 9 John, p. 16; PR, 11 John, p. 67; PR, 12 John, p. 17; PR, 13 John, p. 70; PR, 14 John, p. 103; PR, 16 John, p. 146; PR, 2 Hen III, p. 94; PR, 4 Hen III, p. 88; PR, 5 Hen III, p. 145). On 27 Apr 1251, the sh of Lincolnshire was ordered to restore the market to the men of Caistor, as it had been taken into the king’s hands (CR, 1247–51, p. 435).

CANDLESBY 5456 3673. 1334 Subsidy £50.11.
	M	(Charter) Wed; gr 1 May 1341, by K Edw III to John de Orreby (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 1). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Benedict the A (21 Mar); gr 1 May 1341, by K Edw III to John de Orreby (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 1). To be held at the manor.

CARLETON SCROOP 4948 3451. 1334 Subsidy £44.25.
	M	(Charter) Tues; mercatum, gr 9 Dec 1253, by K Hen III to Adam de Novo Mercato. To be held at the manor. The charter was vacated and granted again on the same day (Roles Gascons, 1242–54, nos. 2228, 2230; CPR, 1247–58, p. 257).
	F	(Charter) vfm, Pentecost (Easter dep); feria gr 9 Dec 1253, by K Hen III to Adam de Novo Mercato. To be held at the manor. The charter was vacated and granted again on the same day (Roles Gascons, 1242–54, nos. 2228, 2230; CPR, 1247–58, p. 257).

CASTLE BYTHAM 4989 3183. 1334 Subsidy £59.81.
	M	(Grant: other) Tues; gr 22 Jul 1253, by K Hen III to [unknown]. The charter roll for this year is missing and the details of the charter are only known from a quo warranto case of 1281. In 1281, Roger de Colembb’ (probably a misreading of de Colevill’) was holding the market (QW, p. 400). On 28 Dec 1346, K Edw III granted Robert de Coleville the Tues market (CPR, 1345–8, p. 515).
	F	(Grant: other) vf+6, James the apostle (25 Jul); gr 22 Jul 1253, by K Hen III to [unknown]. The charter roll for this year is missing and the details of the charter are only known from a quo warranto case of 1281. In 1281, Roger de Colembb’ (probably a misreading of de Colevill’) was holding the fair (QW, p. 400). On 28 Dec 1346, K Edw III granted Robert de Coleville a fair on vf+3 James (CPR, 1345–8, p. 515).

CASTLE CARLTON 5398 3837. Castle and adjacent settlement established in mid twelfth century by Hugh Bardolf. In the 1334 Lay Subsidy, Castle Carlton was assessed with Great Carlton at £55 (P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn, Change and Continuity, Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (London, 1991), p. 16; Glasscock, p. 183).
	F	(Prescriptive) f, Exaltation of the Holy Cross (14 Sept); recorded 22 Feb 1329, when a third of the fair was assigned in dower to Isabel, late the wife of George de Meriet (CIPM, vii, no. 179). In 1371, the dower assigned to Maud who was the wife of John Miryot, included a third of the fair held on Exaltation of the Holy Cross at Castle Carleton (CCR, 1369–74, p. 205).

CAYTHORPE 4939 3486. 1334 Subsidy £90.
	M	(Charter) Fri; gr May 1253, by K Hen III to William de Vescy. To be held at the manor. Date of the charter not given (CChR, 1226–57, p. 434). In 1281, William de Vescy was holding the Fri market (QW, p. 395).
	F	(Charter) vfm+5, James (25 Jul); gr May 1253, by K Hen III to William de Vescy. To be held at the manor. Date of the charter not given (CChR, 1226–57, p. 434). In 1281, William de Vescy was holding a fair on vf James (QW, p. 395).

CORBY GLEN 5001 3250. 1334 Subsidy £107.24.
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 26 Feb 1239, by K Hen III to Hamo Pecch (CChR, 1226–57, p. 238). To be held at the manor of Coreby.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Assumption (15 Aug); gr 26 Feb 1239, by K Hen III to Hamo Pecch (CChR, 1226–57, p. 238). To be held at the manor of Coreby.

CROWLAND 5241 3103. 1334 Subsidy £50. Site of monastic house founded in the early eighth century and dedicated to St Bartholomew from its foundation, which was destroyed in the late ninth century, but re-founded in the late tenth century. This was the only monastic house in Lincolnshire at the time of the Norman Conquest (N. Bennett, ‘Religious Houses’, in S. Bennett and N. Bennett eds, An Historical Atlas of Lincolnshire (Hull, 1993), p. 48; P. Sawyer, ‘Anglo-Saxon Lincolnshire’, History of Lincolnshire iii (Lincoln, 1998), p. 145). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474). Fair 1587, 10 Aug (Harrison, p. 395).
	M	(Charter) Wed; gr 24 Oct 1257, by K Hen III to A and C of Crowland (CChR, 1226–57, p. 476). In 1281, the A of Croylaund [Crowland] was holding the market (QW, p. 396).
	F	(Prescriptive) f , Bartholomew (24 Aug); recorded 1136x54, when K Steph granted the M of Croiland [Crowland] a fair (feria) of six days, namely three days before the feast of Bartholomew and three days after (Regesta, iii, no. 252). This grant does not include St Bartholomew’s day itself, presumably because a prescriptive fair was already held on that day. Fair recorded in 1227 (CChR, 1226–57, p. 17). In 1281, the A of Croylaund [Crowland] was holding a fair beginning eight days before the feast of St Bartholomew and lasting for eight days after the feast, which he claimed ab antiquo (QW, p. 402).

CROWLE 4774 4130. 1334 Subsidy £75.69.
	M	(Charter) Wed; gr 1 May 1305, by K Edw I to A and C of Selby. This grant was made in lieu of a market at the manor of Garthorpe, Lincolnshire (q.v.) previously granted by K Edw I to the A and C of Selby. On 10 Feb 1441, K Hen VI granted the A and C of Selby that the day of the market be changed to Mon (CChR, 1300–26, p. 53; CChR, 1427–1516, p. 12).
	F	(Charter) vfm, Oswald (5 Aug); gr 1 May 1305, by K Edw I to A and C of Selby. This grant was made in lieu of a fair at the manor of Garthorpe, Lincolnshire (q.v.), previously granted by K Edw I to the A and C of Selby.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Martin in the winter (11 Nov); gr 10 Feb 1441, by K Hen VI to A and C of Selby, that there should be ‘another’ fair on vfm Martin in the winter (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 12). It is not clear whether this was a replacement for that granted in 1305, or an extra fair.

Darby, see BURTON UPON STATHER

DONINGTON 5208 3359. 1334 Subsidy £250. It is possible that the manor passed from John de la Rye to Peter of Savoy. Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 1 Jan 1253, by K Hen III to John de la Rye (CChR, 1226–57, p. 418). To be held at the manor.
	M	(Charter) Sat; gr 8 Apr 1255, by K Hen III to Peter of Savoy (CChR, 1226–57, p. 443). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Assumption (15 Aug); gr 1 Jan 1253, by K Hen III to John de la Rye (CChR, 1226–57, p. 418). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Assumption (15 Aug); gr 8 Apr 1255, by K Hen III to Peter of Savoy (CChR, 1226–57, p. 443). To be held at the manor.

EDENHAM 5062 3218. 1334 Subsidy £59.75. Edenham was held by the Gant family until 1298; it was granted to Henry de Beaumont in 1307 (G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), p. 27).
	M	(Prescriptive) Sun; recorded 1202, mercatum, held by Nicholas de Stutevill. It was stated that the market ought to be held on Sun, but was now held on Mon. Nicholas de Stutevill was amerced 5m. for the illegal change of market day, while the villata of Edenham was amerced 2m. (D.M. Stenton ed., The Earliest Lincolnshire Assize Rolls, 1202–09, Lincolnshire Record Society, xxii (1926), no. 749). In 1203, Nicholas de Stutevill accounted for 5m. for his market; he paid 2½m. and owed 2½m. (PR, 5 John, p. 119). In 1207, Nicholas de Stuteuil owed 2½m. for his market (PR, 9 John, p. 21). On 16 Oct 1307, K Edw II granted Henry de Bello Monte a Mon market, to be held at the manor (CChR, 1300–26, p. 108).
	F	(Charter) vfm, All Saints (1 Nov); gr 16 Oct 1307, by K Edw II to Henry de Bello Monte (CChR, 1300–26, p. 108). To be held at the manor.

EDLINGTON 5234 3714. 1334 Subsidy £100.
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 12 Jun 1285, by K Edw I to A and C of Bardney (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 295). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Trans of Thomas (7 Jul); gr 12 Jun 1285, by K Edw I to A and C of Bardney (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 295). To be held at the manor.

EPWORTH 4783 4040. 1334 Subsidy £147.12.
	M	(Prescriptive) Mon; recorded 6 Apr 1327, held by John de Moubray (CIPM, vii, no. 81).
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 8 May 1383, by K Ric II to Thomas de Mowbray, earl of Nottingham, the king’s cousin (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 281). To be held at the town.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Decollation of John the Baptist (29 Aug); gr 8 May 1383, by K Ric II to Thomas de Mowbray, earl of Nottingham, the king’s cousin (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 281). To be held at the town.

EWERBY 5122 3473. In the 1334 Lay Subsidy, Ewerby was valued with Ewerby Thorpe at £92.94 (Glasscock, p. 172).
	M	(Charter) Thurs; mercatum, gr 28 Sept 1254, by K Hen III to William de la Lande (Roles Gascons, 1242–54, no. 4150; CPR, 1247–58, p. 339).
	F	(Charter) vfm, Andrew the Apostle (30 Nov); feria gr 28 Sept 1254, by K Hen III to William de la Lande (Roles Gascons, 1242–54, no. 4150; CPR, 1247–58, p. 339).

FILLINGHAM 4948 3859. 1334 Subsidy £60.
	M	(Charter) Wed; gr 13 Dec 1303, by K Edw I to Hugh Bardolf (CChR, 1300–26, p. 43). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Botolph (17 Jun); gr 13 Dec 1303, by K Edw I to Hugh Bardolf (CChR, 1300–26, p. 43). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, All Saints (1 Nov); gr 13 Dec 1303, by K Edw I to Hugh Bardolf (CChR, 1300–26, p. 43). To be held at the manor.

FLEET 5389 3237. 1334 Subsidy £270.
	M	(Prescriptive) Sun; recorded 1202, when it was stated that a certain market (ferium) was formerly held at Fleet on Sun, but now it had been transferred to Gedney, Lincolnshire (q.v.), where there had never been a market (mercatum), by Fulcon de Oiri. Fulcon gave 1m. for having the market just as it was then ad festum sancti Michaelis in 1 mensem, i.e. on Sunday 27 October 1202, a phrase suggesting that this 'market' was in fact an annual fair or that the change to the new market day was to take place after 1202 (D.M. Stenton ed., The Earliest Lincolnshire Assize Rolls, 1202–09, Lincolnshire Record Society, xxii (1926), no. 902). On 10 Feb 1205, K John instructed the sh of Lincolnshire that because he had granted Thomas de Multone a certain market to be held on Sat at Fleet and also conceded to Fulk de Oyri a market at Gedney, held on the same day, the sh was to ensure that Thomas’s market was to remain as it had been conceded to him and that Fulk’s market was to be held on another day (RLC, i, p. 20). This suggests that K John had granted Thomas de Multone a Sat market at Fleet in 1199x1202 and that despite the ‘transfer’ of 1202, a market remained at Fleet. However, this is the last evidence for a market at Fleet; in 1252, Thomas de Multone was granted a market at nearby Holbeach. These changes may reflect the reclamation of land in the area and the concentration of activity in a line of settlements, linked by roads, between Gedney and Whaplode on the edge of the marsh and with access to the sea (See the map accompanying D. Roffe, ‘Domesday Estate Structure’ in S. Bennett and N. Bennett eds, An Historical Atlas of Lincolnshire (Hull, 1993), p. 37).

FOLKINGHAM 5071 3337. 1334 Subsidy £108.38. Gilbert de Gant died in 1298; his estates were granted to Henry de Beaumont in 1307 (G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), p. 27). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Prescriptive) Sat; recorded 1239, mercatum, held by Gilbert de Gaunt. In 1239, it was alleged that the market was being damaged by that at Swaton, Lincolnshire (q.v.). Gilbert de Gaunt stated that he and his ancestors had always held a Sat market (CRR, xvi, no. 2477). In 1275 and 1276, Gilbert de Gaunt claimed a market, the day of which was not given (RH, i, pp. 256, 392). In 1281, Gilbert de Gaunt claimed a Sat market ab antiquo (QW, p. 424). On 16 Oct 1307, K Edw II granted Henry de Bello Monte a Sat market, to be held at the manor (CChR, 1300–26, p. 107).
	F	(Prescriptive) Invention of Holy Cross (3 May); feria recorded 1281, held by Gilbert de Gaunt (QW, p. 424). Gilbert did not know by what warrant he held it.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Martin (11 Nov); gr 16 Oct 1307, by K Edw II to Henry de Bello Monte (CChR, 1300–26, p. 107). To be held at the manor.

FREISTON 5378 3438. 1334 Subsidy £176.25. In Holland.
	F	(Charter) vfm, James (25 Jul); gr 20 Dec 1263, by K Hen III to John de Vallibus (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 47). To be held at the manor.

GAINSBOROUGH 4817 3894. Borough 1200x50 (BF, p. 136). 1334 Subsidy £121.34. A strategically important site in the elventh century, being the point furthest inland along the river Trent that sea-going vessels could reach (G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), p. 187). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Prescriptive: borough) No further information for the market.
	F	(Charter) vfm, James the Apostle (25 Jul); feria gr 16 Mar 1242, by K Hen III to John Talbot (Roles Gascons, 1242–54, no. 899; CPR, 1232–47, p. 368). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) 7+[not known]; gr 25 Oct 1292, by K Edw I to William de Valence (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 426). To be held at the manor. The details of the fair are missing as the roll is damaged.

GARTHORPE 4850 4190. 1334 Subsidy £52.25.
	M	(Grant: other) Wed; gr 1272 x 1 May 1305, by K Edw I to A and C of Selby. On 1 May 1305, K Edw I granted the A and C of Selby that they could have the market on the same day at the manor of Crowle, Lincolnshire (q.v.) in lieu (CChR, 1300–26, p. 53; CChR, 1427–1516, p. 12).
	F	(Grant: other) vfm, Oswald (5 Aug); gr 1272 x 1 May 1305, by K Edw I to A and C of Selby. On 1 May 1305, K Edw I granted the A and C of Selby that they could have the fair on the same days at the manor of Crowle, Lincolnshire (q.v.) in lieu (CChR, 1300–26, p. 53; CChR, 1427–1516, p. 12).

GEDNEY 5403 3243. 1334 Subsidy £232.50.
	M	(Prescriptive) recorded 1202, held by Fulcon de Oiri. In 1202, it was stated that a certain market (ferium) was formerly held at Fleet, Lincolnshire (q.v.) on Sun, but now it had been transferred to Gedney, where there had never been a market (mercatum), by Fulcon de Oiri. Fulcon gave 1m. for having the market just as it was then ad festum sancti Michaelis in 1 mensem, i.e. on Sunday 27 October 1202, a phrase suggesting that this 'market' was in fact an annual fair or that the change to the new market day was to take place after 1202 (D.M. Stenton ed., The Earliest Lincolnshire Assize Rolls, 1202–09, Lincolnshire Record Society, xxii (1926), no. 902). 1203, Nova Oblata: Fulco de Oyri paid 30m. and one palfrey worth 10m., for having a market and a fair (see below) (PR, 5 John, p. 99). On 10 Feb 1205, K John instructed the sh of Lincolnshire that because he had granted Thomas de Multone a certain market to be held on Sat at Fleet and also conceded to Fulk de Oyri a market at Gedney, held on the same day, the sh was to ensure that Thomas’s market was to remain as it had been conceded to him and that Fulk’s market was to be held on another day (RLC, i, p. 20). This suggests that the market established in 1202 was not in fact that from Fleet, transferred here, but an extra market. On 20 Mar 1227, K Hen III granted Fulk Oyry a Sat market at Gedney (CChR, 1226–57, p. 28). A letter to the sh of Lincolnshire regarding the Sat market, dated 22 Mar 1227, suggests that the change of market day from Sat ordered in 1205 may not have been put into effect (RLC, ii, p. 178). In 1281, Peter de Gonsele, with Simon le Cunstable and Walter le Burgyllon claimed a Sat market and all that pertained to the market of old in Holbeach and Whaplode, Lincolnshire (q.v.). As Walter was under age and in the king’s custody, Peter was not able to answer (QW, p. 404). Although stated to relate to Holbeach and Whaplode, Lincolnshire (q.v.), the reference to a Sat market suggests that the claim to the market, like that to the fair, actually related to Gedney.
	F	(Charter) f+2, Swithin (2 Jul); gr 1199x1203, by K John to Fulk de Oyri (Cartae Antiquae Rolls 11–20, no. 490). Although Conway Davis dated the grant to c.1210, evidence from the Pipe roll shows that it was made earlier: 1203, Nova Oblata: Fulco de Oyri paid 30m. and one palfrey worth 10m., for having a fair and a market (see above) (PR, 5 John, p. 99; Cartae Antiquae Rolls 11–20, no. 490). On 20 Mar 1227, K Hen III granted Fulk Oyry a fair on f+2 Swithin to be held at Gedney (CChR, 1226–57, p. 28). Letter to sh of Lincolnshire regarding the fair on f+2 Swithin, dated 20 Mar 1227 (RLC, ii, p. 178). In 1281, Peter de Gonsele, with Simon le Cunstable and Walter le Burgyllon claimed a fair on vf Swithin and all that pertained to the fair of old in Holbeach and Whaplode. As Walter was under age and in the king’s custody, Peter was not able to answer (QW, p. 404). Although stated to relate to Holbeach and Whaplode, Lincolnshire (q.v.), the reference to the feast of St Swithin suggests that the claim to the fair, like that to the market, actually related to Gedney.

GLENTHAM 5003 3904. 1334 Subsidy £135.56. It is possible that the manor passed from Robert son of William de Brakenbergh to William de Snartford of Lincoln the elder and Thomas his son.
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 4 Feb 1278, by K Edw I to Robert son of William de Brakenbergh. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 207). In 1281, Robert de Brakenbergh was holding the market (QW, p. 398).
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 1 Feb 1328, by K Edw III to William de Snartford of Lincoln the elder and Thomas his son (CChR, 1327–41, p. 67).
	F	(Charter) vfm, Mary Magdalen (22 Jul); gr 4 Feb 1278, by K Edw I to Robert son of William de Brakenbergh. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 207). In 1281, Robert de Brakenbergh was holding the fair (QW, p. 398).
	F	(Charter) vfm, Mary Magdalen (22 Jul); gr 1 Feb 1328, by K Edw III to William de Snartford of Lincoln the elder and Thomas his son (CChR, 1327–41, p. 67).

GOSBERTON 5238 3318. 1334 Subsidy £450.
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 28 Oct 1281, by K Edw I to Ranulf de Ry (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 255). To be held at the manor.
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 8 May 1341, by K Edw III to Nicholas de Ry (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 4). To be held at the town.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Peter and Paul (29 Jun); gr 28 Oct 1281, by K Edw I to Ranulf de Ry (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 255). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vf, Peter’s Chains (1 Aug); gr 8 May 1341, by K Edw III to Nicholas de Ry (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 4). To be held at the town.

GOXHILL 5102 4212. 1334 Subsidy £136.62.
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 17 Jun 1258, by K Hen III to Giles de Gousell (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 12). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm+1, All Saints (1 Nov); gr 17 Jun 1258, by K Hen III to Giles de Gousell (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 12). To be held at the manor.

GRANTHAM 4915 3358. Borough 1066 (BF, p. 136; Darby, p. 366). Mint c.979–1016. 1334 Subsidy £292.50. Wealthy royal borough in 1086. Administrative centre of the important soke of Grantham. Grantham was incorporated in 1463 (BF, p. 136; G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), p. 193; D. Roffe, ‘Medieval Administration’, in S. Bennett and N. Bennett eds, An Historical Atlas of Lincolnshire (Hull, 1993), p. 38). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474). Fair 1587, fifth Sun in Lent (Harrison, p. 393).
	M	(Prescriptive: borough, mint) recorded 1281, mercatum, held by John de Warren’, earl of Surrey (QW, p. 421).
	M	(Charter) Wed; gr 3 Mar 1484, by K Ric III to aldermen and burgesses of Grantham (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 259).
	F	(Prescriptive) feria recorded 1281, held by John de Warren’, earl of Surrey (QW, p. 421).
	F	(Charter) Sun in Passion in Lent+1 (Easter dep), gr 3 Mar 1484, by K Ric III to aldermen and burgesses of Grantham (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 259). Passion Sun is the fifth Sun in Lent.
	F	(Charter) f+2, Nicholas the bp in winter (6 Dec); gr 3 Mar 1484, by K Ric III to aldermen and burgesses of Grantham (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 259).

GRAYINGHAM 4935 3962. 1334 Subsidy £43.41.
	M	(Charter) Wed; gr 23 Feb 1265, by K Hen III to William Charles. On 10 Jan 1292, K Edw I inspected and confirmed K Hen III’s charter (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 413).
	F	(Charter) vfm, Barnabas (11 Jun); gr 23 Feb 1265, by K Hen III to William Charles. On 10 Jan 1292, K Edw I inspected and confirmed K Hen III’s charter (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 413).

GREAT LIMBER 5135 4086. 1334 Subsidy £82.50. Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 26 Oct 1257, by K Hen III to Robert de Beumes, yeoman to Edward the king’s son. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 476). In 1281, Hugo de Beaumes was holding the market (QW, p. 415). On 10 Nov 1391, K Ric II confirmed K Hen III’s charter to Philip le Despenser, kn, tenant of the manor (CPR, 1388–92, p. 497). Market place recorded in 1598 (P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn, Change and Continuity, Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (London, 1991), p. 103).
	F	(Charter) vfm, Peter and Paul (29 Jun); gr 26 Oct 1257, by K Hen III to Robert de Beumes, yeoman to Edward the king’s son. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 476). In 1281, Hugo de Beaumes was holding the fair (QW, p. 415). On 10 Nov 1391, K Ric II confirmed K Hen III’s charter to Philip le Despenser, kn, tenant of the manor (CPR, 1388–92, p. 497).

GREETHAM 5308 3708. 1334 Subsidy £10.50.
	M	(Charter) Wed; gr 3 Feb 1323, by K Edw II to Hugh le Despenser the younger (CChR, 1300–26, p. 452). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vf+3, Thomas the Martyr (7 Jul); gr 3 Feb 1323, by K Edw II to Hugh le Despenser the younger (CChR, 1300–26, p. 452). To be held at the manor.

GRIMSBY 5272 4093. Borough 1194 (BF, p. 137). 1334 Subsidy £97.23. Developed in the ninth century; dependant on trade with Norway and fishing. The reference to tolls at Grimsby in Domesday Book implies trade and a market (G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), p. 189; P. Sawyer, ‘Anglo–Saxon Lincolnshire’, History of Lincolnshire iii (Lincoln, 1998), p. 176). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Prescriptive: borough) recorded 3 Nov 1258 (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 15). Market was held near St James’s ch; the market day was Wed (S.H. Rigby, Medieval Grimsby: growth and decline (Hull, 1993), pp. 61–2).
	F	(Charter) feria gr 15 Mar 1201, by K John. To be held at the royal town of Grimsby (RCh, p. 90).
	F	(Prescriptive) Bartholomew the apostle (24 Aug); recorded ante 4 Jun 1318, held by burgesses of Grimsby and their predecessors. The fair was held in the borough. On 4 Jun 1318, K Edw II extended this to f+7 Bartholomew the apostle (CChR, 1300–26, p. 411). Fair recorded in 1398 and 1498 (S.H. Rigby, Medieval Grimsby: growth and decline (Hull, 1993), p. 61).
	F	(Prescriptive) Augustine (?13 Sept); recorded ante 4 Jun 1318, held by burgesses of Grimsby and their predecessors. The fair was held in the borough. On 4 Jun 1318, K Edw II extended this to f+7 Augustine the bp (CChR, 1300–26, p. 411). If this fair was tied to the feast of St Augustine the bp (28 Aug), as the entry of the CChR indicates, it would have overlapped with the fair at the feast of St Bartholomew (24 Aug), for which see above. It is possible that one of the feasts of St Augustine, archbp of Canterbury (13 Sept or 26 May) was intended.

HACCONBY 5107 3253. 1334 Subsidy £82.25.
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 4 May 1347, by K Edw III to Robert Tissour and Maud his wife (CPR, 1345–8, p. 538). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Corpus Christi (Easter dep); gr 4 May 1347, by K Edw III to Robert Tissour and Maud his wife (CPR, 1345–8, p. 538). To be held at the manor.

HELPRINGHAM 5138 3408. 1334 Subsidy £228.81.
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 4 Nov 1259, by K Hen III to William le Latymer (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 24). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, James (25 Jul); gr 4 Nov 1259, by K Hen III to William le Latymer (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 24). To be held at the manor.

HOLBEACH 5359 3248. 1334 Subsidy £495. Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 31 Oct 1252, by K Hen III to Thomas de Muletone and Maud his wife. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 407). In 1281, Thomas de Multon de Gilleslaund was holding the market, which he claimed by the charter (QW, p. 390).
	F	(Charter) vf, Michael (29 Sept); gr 31 Oct 1252, by K Hen III to Thomas de Muletone and Maud his wife. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 407). In 1281, Thomas de Multon de Gilleslaund was holding the fair, which he claimed by the charter (QW, p. 390).

HORNCASTLE 5258 3695. Mint 970s–1016. 1334 Subsidy £118. Roman burgus. From the tenth century, a commercial centre and the administrative centre of the important soke of Horncastle. Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Letter Patent) Wed; mercatum gr 18 Oct 1231, by K Hen III to W[alter] bp of Carlisle. To be held at the manor of Horncastle. Mandate to sh of Lincolnshire to proclaim the market and cause it to be held, 18 Oct 1231 (CR, 1227–31, p. 571). Market held by the bp of Carlisle noted in 1235 (CRR, xv, nos. 1319, 1421). On 1 Feb 1333, Edw III confirmed to John, bp of Carlisle letters patent dated 25 Oct 1231, which granted a Wed market at Horncastle. These letters patent are not recorded on the patent roll (CChR, 1327–41, p. 300).
	F	(Prescriptive) Lawrence (10 Aug); recorded 18 Apr 1230, held by W[alter] bp of Carlisle (CChR, 1226–57, p. 121). Fair of St Lawrence held by Walter bp of Carlisle at Horncastle recorded on 20 Apr 1230 (CR, 1227–31, p. 332). On 18 Oct 1231, K Hen III conceded to W[alter] bp of Carlisle a fair on vfm+4 Lawrence at the manor of Horncastle. The sh of Lincolnshire was ordered to proclaim the fair and cause it to be held, 18 Oct 1231 (CR, 1227–31, p. 571). On 1 Feb 1333, K Edw III confirmed to John, bp of Carlisle the charter of K Hen III dated 18 Apr 1230. He also confirmed letters patent dated 25 Oct 1231 which granted a fair on vfm+5 Lawrence at Horncastle. These letters patent are not recorded on the patent roll (CChR, 1327–41, pp. 299–300).
	F	(Charter) vfm, Barnabas the Apostle (11 Jun); gr 18 Apr 1230, by K Hen III to W[alter] bp of Carlisle. To be held at the manor, in addition to the fair on the feast of Lawrence, see above (CChR, 1226–57, p. 121). On 20 Apr 1230, the sh of Lincolnshire was ordered to proclaim the fair and cause it to be held. The fair was described as beginning two days before the vigil of St Barnabas the Apostle and lasting eight days; vf+4 Barnabas lasting for six days, had been crossed out (CR, 1227–31, p. 332). On 1 Feb 1333, K Edw III confirmed to John, bp of Carlisle the charter of K Hen III dated 18 Apr 1230 (CChR, 1327–41, p. 299).

HOUGHAM 4887 3442. 1334 Subsidy £73.72.
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 28 Mar 1330, by K Edw III to John Bussy (CChR, 1327–41, p. 190). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) Sun before the feast of Ascension (Easter dep); gr 28 Mar 1330, by K Edw III to John Bussy (CChR, 1327–41, p. 190). To be held at the manor.

IRNHAM 5023 3267. 1334 Subsidy £62.53. Maurice Gant died c.1230 and was succeeded by Andrew Lutterel (I.J. Sanders, English Baronies: a study of their origin and descent, 1086–1327 (Oxford, 1960), p. 55).
	M	(Charter) Wed; gr 24 Aug 1214, by K John to Maurice de Gant. To be held at the manor (RCh, p. 200b). On 2 Jun 1252, K Hen III granted Andrew Luterel a weekly market on Wed at the manor, where formerly there was a market on that day (CChR, 1226–57, p. 392).
	F	(Charter) Wed in Whit week+3 (Easter dep); gr 2 Jun 1252, by K Hen III to Andrew Luterel (CChR, 1226–57, p. 392). To be held at the manor.

KIRKBY LAYTHORPE 5099 3461. 1334 Subsidy £82.13.
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 16 Oct 1246, by K Hen III to the Hospitallers (CChR, 1226–57, p. 305). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, James the Apostle (25 Jul); gr 16 Oct 1246, by K Hen III to the Hospitallers (CChR, 1226–57, p. 305). To be held at the manor.

KIRTON 5305 3385. 1334 Subsidy £412.50. In Holland. Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 15 Nov 1308, by K Edw II to John de Brittania, earl of Richmond. To be held at the manor of Kyrketon in Holland (CChR, 1300–26, p. 123).

KIRTON IN LINDSEY 4934 3985. 1334 Subsidy £78.80. Administrative centre of the soke of Kirton, which was held by the earls of Mortain in the twelfth century (G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), p. 195). In Dec 1228, K Hen III granted Hubert de Burgh, earl of Kent and Margaret his wife the manor of Kirton, Lincolnshire, with its soke, late of Reginald, count of Boulogne (CChR, 1226–57, p. 83). In Nov 1232, the manor and soke of Kirton were granted to Stephen de Seagrave; in Mar 1234, this grant was made permanent, although it appears that Stephen’s son Gilbert was actually holding the manor (CR, 1231–4, pp. 163, 395, 472, 567). In Feb 1235, the manor was granted to Richard, earl of Poitou and Cornwall (CChR, 1226–57, p. 193). On 4 Dec 1330, K Edw III granted the manor of Kirton to his brother John de Eltham, on his elevation to the earldom of Cornwall (CChR, 1327–41, p. 198). The market belonging to Kirton in Lindsey in 1086 was probably situated at Burton upon Stather, Lincolnshire (q.v.). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Letter Close) Wed; mercatum, gr 3 Jan 1228, by K Hen III to H[ubert] de Burgo. To be held at Kirketon. Mandate to the sh of Lincolnshire (CR, 1231–4, pp. 11–12) In 1281, Edmund, earl of Cornwall claimed a pillory and liberties pertaining to a market at Kirketon. The case was not settled (QW, p. 427).
	F	(Letter Close) vf+4, Holy Trinity (Easter dep); feria gr 3 Jan 1228, by K Hen III to H[ubert] de Burgo (CR, 1231–4, pp. 11–12). To be held at Kirketon. Mandate to the sh of Lincolnshire.
	F	(Letter Close) vf+6, Andrew the Apostle (30 Nov); gr 26 Jun 1324, by K Edw II. To be held at the queen’s manor of Kyrketon-in-Lyndeseye (CCR, 1323–7, p. 119). Mandate to the sh of Lincolnshire to proclaim a fair at the king’s manor on vf+6 Andrew the Apostle, 30 Dec 1324 (CCR, 1323–7, p. 249). On 28 Feb 1334, K Edw III granted John, earl of Cornwall, the king’s brother, a fair on vf+6 Andrew the Apostle, to be held at the manor of Kirketon (CChR, 1327–41, p. 306).
	F	(Letter Close) vf+6, Mark (25 Apr); gr 26 Jun 1324, by K Edw II (CCR, 1323–7, p. 119). To be held at the queen’s manor of Kyrketon-in-Lyndeseye.
	F	(Letter Close) vf+6, John before the Latin Gate (6 May); gr 30 Dec 1324, by K Edw III, to be held at the king’s manor of Kirketon. Mandate to the sh of Lincolnshire to proclaim the fair (CCR, 1323–7, p. 249).
	F	(Charter) vf+6, Trans of Thomas the Martyr (7 Jul); gr 28 Feb 1334, by K Edw III to John, earl of Cornwall, the king’s brother, to be held at the manor (CChR, 1327–41, p. 306).

KNAITH 4828 3846. 1334 Subsidy £24.69.
	M	(Letter Close) Thurs; gr 13 Aug 1226, by K Hen III to Walter de Evermue. To be held at the manor until the king came of age (RLC, ii, p. 132). It is possible that this market was superseded by that granted in 1227.
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 22 Mar 1227, by K Hen III to Walter de Evermue (CChR, 1226–57, p. 28). It is possible that this market superseded that granted in 1226.
	M	(Charter) Sat, gr 16 Mar 1330, by K Edw III to John Darcy ‘le Cosyn’ (CChR, 1327–41, p. 161). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Letter Close) vf, Werberg (3 Feb); feria gr 13 Aug 1226, by K Hen III to Walter de Evermue. To be held at the manor until the king came of age (RLC, ii, p. 132). On 22 Mar 1227, K Hen III granted Walter de Evermune a fair on vfm Werberg (CChR, 1226–57, p. 28).
	F	(Charter) vf+4, Barnabas (11 Jun); gr 16 Mar 1330, by K Edw III to John Darcy ‘le Cosyn’ (CChR, 1327–41, p. 161). To be held at the manor.

LACEBY 5215 4065. 1334 Subsidy £72.12.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Margaret (20 Jul); gr 26 Dec 1234, by K Hen III to John son of Geoffrey de Nevill. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 190). Mandate to sh of Lincolnshire to proclaim the fair and cause it to be held, 30 Dec 1234 (CR, 1234–7, p. 34).

LANGWORTH 5063 3764. Apparently a new settlement which was situated on an important road (P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn, Change and Continuity, Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (London, 1991), p. 22). In the 1334 Lay Subsidy, it is likely that Langworth was included in the value for Stainton with members at £41.5. Langworth was a member of Stainton in 1316 (Glasscock, p. 181 n.4).
	M	(Charter) Sat; gr 15 Jul 1270, by K Hen III to A and C of Barlinges. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 147). On 12 Jun 1291, K Edw I confirmed the charter to the A and C of Barlinges (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 398).
	F	(Charter) vfm+5, Whitsun (Easter dep); gr 15 Jul 1270, by K Hen III to A and C of Barlinges. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 147). On 12 Jun 1291, K Edw I confirmed the charter to the A and C of Barlinges (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 398).

LEA 4831 3866. 1334 Subsidy £22.59.
	F	(Charter) 3 days before f of Laurence (10 Aug); gr 2 Jul 1335, by K Edw III to John de Breouse (CChR, 1327–41, p. 344). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) 3 days before f of Matthew the Evangelist (21 Sept); gr 2 Jul 1335, by K Edw III to John de Breouse (CChR, 1327–41, p. 344). To be held at the manor.

LINCOLN 4977 3717. Borough 942 (BF, p. 137). Mint Edmund/Edgar–1154. Viking coins before 924. 1334 Subsidy £1000. Roman colonia. Danish borough annexed by K Edmund in 942. Episcopal see from 1072, when bishopric moved here from Dorchester, Oxfordshire. Borough and civitas in Domesday Book. Willingthorpe, or Westgate, in Lincoln was described as a borough in 1126; the borough was also mentioned in c.1160. The mercatum associated with Lincoln in a charter of K Hen II is a reference to trade in general, rather than to a specific market or to market rights in the city. Lincoln’s outports were Torksey and Boston, Lincolnshire (q.v.) (Darby, p. 366; BF, pp. 137–8; CChR, 1300–26, p. 7; P. Sawyer, ‘Anglo–Saxon Lincolnshire’, History of Lincolnshire iii (Lincoln, 1998), p. 197). See also Swinderby, Lincolnshire (q.v.). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474). Fair 1587, 24 Jun (Harrison, p. 394). See also J.W.F. Hill, Medieval Lincoln (Cambridge, 1948), passim and especially pp. 153–4, 359–66.
	M	(Prescriptive: borough, mint) recorded 1194, forum, when John son of Augustin’ owed 32s. 4d. on his land and his houses in the high market (in alto foro) to Aaron the Jew of Lincoln. As Aaron had died, the debts owed to him had passed to the king (PR, 6 Ric I, p. 99). On 23 May 1223, K Hen III ordered that no market would henceforth be held in the cemetery, but would be held in the streets (RLC, i, p. 547b). The cloth market was referred to in a charter dated 19 Apr 1257 (CChR, 1226–57, p. 467). Market referred to in 1316 (CChR, 1300–26, p. 313). In 1327, there were three weekly markets in Lincoln: on Mon, Wed and Fri. It was asserted that this had been the case since before the time of K Hen II (CChR, 1327–41, p. 56). For the market streets in Lincoln, see J.W.F. Hill, Medieval Lincoln (Cambridge, 1948), passim and especially pp. 153–4, 359–66.
	F	(Prescriptive) f Botolph to f Peter and Paul (17 Jun to 29 Jun); recorded 1327. It was asserted that this had been held since before the time of K Hen II (CChR, 1327–41, p. 56). On 28 Oct 1375, it was stated that the king and his forefathers had granted the citizens a fair to be held in Newport street in the suburb of Lincoln, from f Botolph to f Peter and Paul and for the following thirteen days (CCR, 1374–77, p. 262).

LOUTH 5327 3873. Borough 1086 (BF, p. 137; Darby, p. 366). Mint 970s. 1334 Subsidy £227.36. In 792, the A of Louth was chosen as archbp of Canterbury; this is evidence for an early and presumably important abbey here. Finds from close to Louth suggest that in the ninth century there was a site of specialised trade and production in the vicinity. The increasing importance of Louth in the late medieval period, appears to have contributed to the decline of Caistor, Lincolnshire (q.v.) (P. Sawyer, ‘Anglo–Saxon Lincolnshire’, History of Lincolnshire iii (Lincoln, 1998), pp. 81, 177; G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), p. 224; Alecto Historical Editions, The Lincolnshire Domesday (London, 1992), p. 23 n.). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474). Fair 1587, third Sun after Easter; 25 Jul (Harrison, pp. 393, 395).
	M	(Prescriptive: borough, mint) recorded 1086, held by bp of Lincoln. Market was worth 29s. (Darby, p. 369). In 1234, the market held by H. bp of Lincoln was allegedly being damaged by that at Saleby, Lincolnshire (q.v.) (CR, 1231–4, p. 375). Mandate to the sh of Lincolnshire to proclaim and firmly prohibit the market which B. de Insula and his wife raised at Saleby, Lincolnshire (q.v.) to the detriment of that at Louth and that there should not be frequent claims to the king concerning this, 4 Aug 1235 (CR, 1234–7, p. 125). In 1281, Oliver bp of Lincoln claimed a market (QW, p. 429).
	F	(Charter) octave of Peter and Paul, lasting 8 days (29 Jun); gr 1155x58, by K Hen II to bp of Lincoln (CChR, 1327–41, pp. 110–11). The charter is known from a confirmation of K Edw III made to Henry, bp of Lincoln and the dean and chapter of Lincoln on 15 Feb 1329.
	F	(Charter) third Sun after Easter day, lasting 8 days (Easter dep); gr 1155x58, by K Hen II to Robert, bp of Lincoln (CChR, 1327–41, pp. 110–11). To be held in the vill of Luda. The charter is known from a confirmation of K Edw III made to Henry, bp of Lincoln and the dean and chapter of Lincoln on 15 Feb 1329 (CChR, 1327–41, pp. 110–11). On 16 Feb 1474, K Edw IV granted Thomas, bp of Lincoln a fair on the third Sun after Easter+8 (CPR, 1467–77, p. 422).
	F	(Letter Patent) vf+8, Martin in the winter (11 Nov); gr 16 Feb 1474, by K Edw IV to Thomas, bp of Lincoln (CPR, 1467–77, p. 422). To be held within the town.
	In 1281, Oliver, bp of Lincoln claimed an unspecified fair at the manor from time out of mind (QW, p. 429).

LUDBOROUGH 5295 3955. 1334 Subsidy £48.44.
	M	(Grant: other) Mon; gr 4 May 1267, by K Hen III to Richard de Breuse and Alic’ his wife. To be held at the manor. In 1281, Richard and Alic were holding the market (QW, p. 399).
	F	(Grant: other) vfm, George (23 Apr); gr 4 May 1267, by K Hen III to Richard de Breuse and Alic’ his wife. To be held at the manor. In 1281, Richard and Alic were holding the market (QW, p. 399).
	This grant of the market and fair is not recorded in the CChR. It could be a genuine grant, but there is a possibility that the grant reported in 1281 was a confused recollection of, or reference to, K Hen III’s grant on 3 May 1267 to Richard de Breuse of a Tues market and a fair on vfm Giles at Whittingham, Suffolk (q.v.) (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 74).

LUDFORD 5201 3892. 1334 Subsidy £44.78. Ludford was approximately two and a half miles from Sixhills priory.
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 3 Jun 1252, by K Hen III to P and C of Sixle [Sixhills priory]. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 392) In 1281, the P of Sixle was holding the market (QW, p. 410). On 28 Apr 1389, K Ric II confirmed the charter to P and C of Sixle (CPR, 1388–92, pp. 26–7).
	F	(Charter) vf, Peter ad Vincula (1 Aug); gr 3 Jun 1252, by K Hen III to P and C of Sixle [Sixhills priory]. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 392). In 1281, the P of Sixle was holding the fair (QW, p. 410). On 28 Apr 1389, K Ric II confirmed the charter to P and C of Sixle (CPR, 1388–92, pp. 26–7).

LUTTON 5437 3255. Margaret, daughter and heiress of William Lungspee, married Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln (GEC, ix, p. 384).
	M	(Charter) Fri; gr 20 Dec 1252, by K Hen III to William Lungspe. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 413). On 4 Jan 1282, K Edw I granted Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln and Margaret his wife a Fri market to be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 260).
	F	(Charter) vf+1, Nativity of Mary (8 Sept); gr 4 Jan 1282, by K Edw I to Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln and Margaret his wife. To be held at the manor. The duration of the fair is described as ‘the vigil, the feast and the nativity of Mary and the following day’; it is therefore possible that the fair lasted four days (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 260).

MABLETHORPE 5498 3846. 1334 Subsidy £100.86.
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 10 May 1253, by K Hen III to David de Monte Alto (CChR, 1226–57, p. 433).
	F	(Charter) vfm, Nativity of Mary (8 Sept); gr 10 May 1253, by K Hen III to David de Monte Alto (CChR, 1226–57, p. 433).

MAREHAM LE FEN 5278 3613. 1334 Subsidy £72.
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 12 Jun 1302, by K Edw I to Robert de Bavent (CChR, 1300–26, p. 25). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Denys (9 Oct); gr 12 Jun 1302, by K Edw I to Robert de Bavent (CChR, 1300–26, p. 25). To be held at the manor.

MARKET DEEPING 5137 3103. 1334 Subsidy £195.25. Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Grant: other) Thurs; mercatum, gr 6 Mar 1220, by K Hen III to William Briewer. William gave one palfrey for the Thurs market at the manor, to be held until the king came of age (C 60/12 m.6). 1220, W[illiam] Briewar was granted a Thurs market, to be held until the king came of age. On 21 Jul 1220, William was pardoned the palfrey he owed for the Thurs market by writ of the king (RLC, i, p. 423b; PR, 4 Hen III, p. 98).
	M	(Charter) Wed; gr 8 Sept 1304, by K Edw I to Joan, late the wife of John Wak. To have for the term of her life at the manor (CChR, 1300–26, p. 45). On 15 Nov 1308, K Edw II granted Joan, late the wife of John Wak, and Thomas, son and heir of John Wak and his heirs, a Wed market (CChR, 1300–26, p. 121).
	F	(Charter) vf+6, Michael (29 Sept); gr 8 Sept 1304, by K Edw I to Joan, late the wife of John Wak. To have for the term of her life at the manor (CChR, 1300–26, p. 45). On 15 Nov 1308, K Edw II granted Joan, late the wife of John Wak, and Thomas, son and heir of John Wak and his heirs, the fair (CChR, 1300–26, p. 121).

MARKET RASEN 5106 3892. 1334 Subsidy £35.37. Formerly called East Rasen. Market Rasen was only approximately two and a half miles from West Rasen, Lincolnshire (q.v.) which also had a market and a fair. Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Prescriptive) Sun; recorded 22 Aug 1219, mercatum, held by K Hen III. Mandate to the sh of Lincolnshire to change the day of the market from Sun to Tues, 22 Aug 1219 (RLC, i, p. 385).
	F	(Letter Close) vfm, Exaltation of Holy Cross (14 Sept); feria gr 27 Aug 1223, by K Hen III to Brian de Insula. To be held at the manor until the king came of age (RLC, i, p. 561).

MARKET STAINTON 5228 3799. 1334 Subsidy £25.25. According to Ekwall, it was first described as ‘Market’ Stainton in 1286 (Ekwall, p. 436).
	M	(Prescriptive) Mon; recorded 1281, mercatum, held by Peter de Gousle, Robert de Vernur, Dunc’ de Cotes (QW, p. 410). On 26 Nov 1294, the market was held by Ralph de Goushull, lately deceased, from William de Mortuo Mari (CIPM, iii, no. 209).
	F	(Prescriptive) vfm, Luke the Evangelist (18 Oct); feria recorded 1281, held by Peter de Gousle, Robert de Vernur, Dunc’ de Cotes (QW, p. 410). Peter de Goussell and Robert de Venur subsequently claimed the fair on vf Luke (QW, p. 425).

MARTON 4839 3817. 1334 Subsidy £64.56. Marton was formerly a Roman fort at a crossing of the river Trent just downstream from Torksey. It was presumably a more advantageous site than Stow, Lincolnshire (q.v.), where these three fairs had previously been held by the bp of Lincoln. They were to last for as many days as they had been held at Stow and the bp was to have the same liberties. On 18 Oct 1234, the sh of Lincolnshire was ordered to proclaim the fairs throughout his county and and cause them to be held (CR, 1231–4, p. 538). Marton is approximately three miles east of Stow.
	F	(Charter) Assumption of Mary (15 Aug); gr 19 Oct 1234, by K Hen III to Hugh bp of Lincoln (CChR, 1327–41, p. 148). On 15 Feb 1329, K Edw III confirmed the charters of K Hen II (which related to the fair whilst it was at Stow) and K Hen III (CChR, 1327–41, pp. 143–4, 148).
	F	(Charter) Nativity of Mary (8 Sept); gr 19 Oct 1234, by K Hen III to Hugh bp of Lincoln (CChR, 1327–41, p. 148). On 15 Feb 1329, K Edw III confirmed the charters of K Hen II (which related to the fair whilst it was at Stow) and K Hen III (CChR, 1327–41, pp. 143–4, 148).
	F	(Charter) Michaelmas (29 Sept); gr 19 Oct 1234, by K Hen III to Hugh bp of Lincoln (CChR, 1327–41, p. 148). On 15 Feb 1329, K Edw III confirmed the charters of K Hen II (which related to the fair whilst it was at Stow) and K Hen III (CChR, 1327–41, pp. 143–4, 148).

MESSINGHAM 4893 4045. 1334 Subsidy £75.41.
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 20 Feb 1265, by K Hen III to William le Marescall (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 53). To be held at the manor.
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 2 May 1383, by K Ric II to Michael de la Pole, kn (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 281).
	F	(Charter) f, Holy Trinity (Easter dep); gr 2 May 1383, by K Ric II to Michael de la Pole, kn (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 281). To be held at the town.

MOULTON 5307 3241. 1334 Subsidy £400.65.
	M	(Charter) Wed; gr 28 May 1290, by K Edw I to Thomas son of Lambert de Multon. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 346). In 1293, Thomas son of Lambert de Multon was amerced for setting up a market at Moulton unjustly to the damage of the P of Spalding’s market at Spalding, Lincolnshire (q.v.). The day of the market at Moulton was not given (CCR, 1288–96, p. 291).
	F	(Charter) vfm, All Saints (1 Nov); gr 28 May 1290, by K Edw I to Thomas son of Lambert de Multon (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 346). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, John the Baptist (24 Jun); gr 6 Feb 1294, by K Edw I to Thomas son of Lambert de Muleton (CChR 1257–1300 p. 435). To be held at the manor.

MUMBY 5515 3744. 1334 Subsidy £130.69.
	M	(Charter) Fri; gr 10 Feb 1310, by K Edw II to Peter de Gipthorpe (CChR, 1300–26, p. 133). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Trans of Thomas the Martyr (7 Jul); gr 10 Feb 1310, by K Edw II to Peter de Gipthorpe (CChR, 1300–26, p. 133). To be held at the manor.

NAVENBY 4987 3579. 1334 Subsidy £110.25.
	M	(Letter Close) Thurs; mercatum, gr 3 Jul 1221, by K Hen III to R[anulph] earl of Chester and Lincoln. To be held at the manor until the king came of age. Notice to the sh of Lincolnshire (RLC, i, p. 463b). On 27 Mar 1227, the sh of Lincolnshire was ordered that R[anulph] earl of Chester and Lincoln was to have his market until one month from Easter day (that is, 11 May 1227) (RLC, ii, p. 179). In 1282, Hugo de Somerteby, bailiff of Navenby, was holding a market (QW, p. 422). Presumably, Hugo was holding the market in his capacity as a bailiff.
	F	(Letter Close) vf, Peter and Paul the Apostles (29 Jun); feria gr 3 Jul 1221, by K Hen III to R[anulph] earl of Chester and Lincoln (RLC, i, p. 463b). To be held at the manor until the king came of age. Notice to the sh of Lincolnshire.
	F	(Charter) vf+2, Faith (6 Oct); gr 24 Jan 1348, by K Edw III to dean and Chapter of St Mary, Lincoln (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 69).

NOCTON 5061 3642. 1334 Subsidy £18.70.
	M	(Charter) Tues; mercatum, gr 22 Sept 1214, by K John to Norman de Arescy. To be held at the manor (RCh, p. 201). In 1281, Normann de Arcy was holding the market in the town (QW, p. 414).
	F	(Charter) vf, Mary Magdalen (22 Jul); gr 27 Oct 1257, by K Hen III to Philip de Arcy. To be held at the manor of Nocton, near Nocton priory (CChR, 1226–57, p. 476). In 1281, Normann de Arcy was holding the fair within the manor (QW, p. 414).

NORMANBY BY SPITAL 5002 3881. 1334 Subsidy £21.56.
	M	(Charter) Thurs; mercatum, gr 22 Mar 1254, by K Hen III to Wakelin de Arderne (Roles Gascons, 1242–54, no. 4151; CPR, 1247–58, p. 339).
	F	(Charter) v+2, Peter and Paul the Apostles (29 Jun); feria gr 22 Mar 1254, by K Hen III to Wakelin de Arderne (Roles Gascons, 1242–54, no. 4151; CPR, 1247–58, p. 339).

OLD BOLINGBROKE 5349 3651. 1334 Subsidy £18. Bolingbroke was a wapentake meeting place and an important soke centre. Although the market in 1086 was described as ‘new’, it had probably long been a focus of trade (Alecto Historical Editions, The Lincolnshire Domesday (London, 1992), p. 23). Site of later castle. Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Prescriptive) recorded 1086, described in Domesday Book as mercatum novum (Darby, p. 369). In 1202, it was stated that the market was held on another day than the day on which it was accustomed to be held and that it was held by the earl of Chester. He was to have a Fri market by licence. The villata of Bolingbroke was in mercy for half a mark. It was noted that the vill was small and of the earl’s demesne (D.M. Stenton ed., The Earliest Lincolnshire Assize Rolls, 1202–09, Lincolnshire Record Society, xxii (1926), no. 613).

PARTNEY 5411 3683. 1334 Subsidy £42.75. Site of monastic house founded by the end of the seventh century, which was destroyed in the late ninth century (N. Bennett, ‘Religious Houses’, in S. Bennett and N. Bennett eds, An Historical Atlas of Lincolnshire (Hull, 1993), p. 48). Fair 1587, 11 Jul; 8 Sept (Harrison, pp. 394–5).
	M	(Prescriptive) recorded 1086, mercatum, held by Gilbert de Ghent. Market worth 10s. (Alecto Historical Editions, The Lincolnshire Domesday (London, 1992), f. 355). Market mentioned in 1208, when part was held by Earl David [of Huntingdon] (CRR, v, p. 179). In 1281, Gilbert de Gaunt claimed the Sat market (QW, p. 424). Market mentioned in 1298 (CCR, 1296–1302, p. 221). On 21 Mar 1392, an eighteenth part of the profit of the Sat market was granted in dower to Ismania, who was the wife of John de Burgherssh, kn (CCR, 1389–92, p. 453).
	F	(Prescriptive) f, Nativity of Mary (8 Sept); feria recorded 1281, held by Gilbert de Gaunt (QW, p. 424). On 21 Mar 1392, an eighteenth part of the profit of the fair on vf Nativity of the Virgin was granted in dower to Ismania, who was the wife of John de Burgherssh, kn (CCR, 1389–92, p. 453). Fair mentioned in 1435 (CCR, 1429–35, p. 336).
	F	(Prescriptive) f, Purification of Mary (2 Feb); feria recorded 1281, held by Gilbert de Gaunt (QW, p. 424).
	F	(Prescriptive) vf, Assumption (15 Aug); recorded 21 Mar 1392, when an eighteenth part of the profit of the fair was granted in dower to Ismania, who was the wife of John de Burgherssh, kn (CCR, 1389–92, p. 453). Fair mentioned in 1435 (CCR, 1429–35, p. 336).
	F	(Prescriptive) vf Mary Magdalen (22 Jul); recorded 21 Mar 1392, when an eighteenth part of the profit of the fair was granted in dower to Ismania, who was the wife of John de Burgherssh, kn (CCR, 1389–92, p. 453). Fair mentioned in 1435 (CCR, 1429–35, p. 336).
	A fair was recorded on 16 Jun 1298 (CCR, 1296–1302, p. 221). In 1298, the toll of the market and fair at Partney was extended for letting at 5s. yearly. A third of this, 20d., was assigned to Laura, late the wife of Gilbert de Gaunt, as part of her dower (CCR, 1296–1302, p. 221).

PINCHBECK 5242 3255. 1334 Subsidy £675. Fair 1587, 15 Jul (Harrison, p. 394).
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 9 Aug 1318, by K Edw II to Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex (CChR, 1300–26, p. 390). To be held at the manor.
	M	(Charter) Wed; gr 11 May 1339, by K Edw III to P and C of Spalding (CChR, 1327–41, p. 461). To be held at the town.
	F	(Charter) vf+5, Nativity of Mary (8 Sept); gr 9 Aug 1318, by K Edw II to Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex (CChR, 1300–26, p. 390). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, John the Baptist (24 Jun); gr 11 May 1339, by K Edw III to P and C of Spalding (CChR, 1327–41, p. 461). To be held at the town.

RIGBOLT 5196 3283. Also known as Rightbolt.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Nativity of Mary (8 Sept); gr 20 Jun 1292, by K Edw I to P and C of Sempringham (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 429). To be held at the manor.

RIPPINGALE 5098 3278. 1334 Subsidy £172.88.
	M	(Charter) Wed; gr 23 Oct 1268, by K Hen III to Guy Gubaud. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 113). In 1281, John Goband claimed a market, no details of which were given (QW, p. 417).
	F	(Charter) vfm, Holy Trinity (Easter dep); gr 23 Oct 1268, by K Hen III to Guy Gubaud. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 113). In 1281, John Goband claimed a fair, no details of which were given (QW, p. 417).

RUSKINGTON 5083 3511. 1334 Subsidy £81.94.
	M	(Charter) Sat; gr 14 Apr 1265, by K Hen III to William Bardulf the younger (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 54). To be held at the manor.
	M	(Charter) Fri; gr 28 Mar 1267, by K Hen III to William Bardolf the younger (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 74). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vf+3, Whitsun (Easter dep); gr 14 Apr 1265, by K Hen III to William Bardulf the younger. To be held at the manor. On 28 Mar 1267, K Hen III granted William Bardulf the younger a fair on f+2 Whit Monday (Easter dep) (CChR, 1257–1300, pp. 54, 74).
	F	(Charter) vfm, All Saints (1 Nov); gr 14 Apr 1265, by K Hen III to William Bardulf the younger. To be held at the manor. On 28 Mar 1267, K Hen III granted William Bardulf the younger a fair on vfm All Saints (CChR, 1257–1300, pp. 54, 74).

SALEBY 5457 3784. 1334 Subsidy £50.37.
	M	(Letter Close) Wed; mercatum, gr 18 Nov 1222, by K Hen III to Brian de Insula. To be held at the manor until the king came of age (RLC, i, p. 522). On 4 May 1227, Brian de Insula and Grace his wife and her heirs were granted a Wed market at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 35). On 10 Sept 1233, the sh of Lincolnshire was ordered to proclaim the Wed market that the king had granted to Brian de Insula and cause it to be held (CR, 1231–4, p. 259). On 4 or 5 Feb 1234, the sh of Lincolnshire was ordered that if Brian de Insula’s market was damaging that at Louth, Lincolnshire (q.v.), he was to proclaim that the Saleby market would not be held (CR, 1231–4, p. 375). On 16 Sept 1234, the sh of Lincolnshire was informed that Ralph de Haya had shown that his market at Burwell, Lincolnshire (q.v.) was not on the same day as that at Saleby held by Brian de Insula. The sh was instructed not to prohibit Ralph’s market, unless he found that it was on the same day as that at Saleby (CR, 1231–4, p. 518). On 14 May 1235, the sh of Lincolnshire was instructed to prohibit the market raised by Grace, widow of Brian de Insula, without the will or order of the king, after the death of Brian; henceforth it was not to be held without special order of the king (CR, 1234–7, p. 90). On 4 Aug 1235, the sh of Lincolnshire was ordered to make it known and firmly prohibit the market which B. de Insula and his wife raised to the detriment of that at Louth and that there should not be frequent claims to the king concerning this matter (CR, 1234–7, p. 125). On 4 Feb 1292, it was stated that whilst K Hen III had granted Brian de Insula and Grace his wife and her heirs a Wed market (the date of the grant not being given), K Edw I was to grant at the instance of some friends of William de Hardredeshull, kinsman and heir of the said Grace, who now held the manor, that the weekly market would in future be held on Thurs in lieu of that on Wed. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, pp. 414–15). On 15 Feb 1296, K Edw I granted at the request of William de Hardredeshull, who was in Gascony on the king’s service, to him and Juliana his wife that the market would in future be held on Fri (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 464).
	F	(Letter Close) f, Margaret (20 Jul); feria gr 20 May 1226, by K Hen III to Brian de Insula. To be held at the manor until the king came of age (RLC, ii, p. 115). On 4 May 1227, Brian de Insula and Grace his wife and her heirs were granted a fair on vf Margaret to be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 35). On 10 Sept 1233, the sh of Lincolnshire was ordered to proclaim the fair on vf Margaret that the king had granted to Brian de Insula and cause it to be held (CR, 1231–4, p. 259).

SALTFLEETBY 5456 3904. 1334 Subsidy £109.88. Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Charter) Fri; gr 12 Jul 1268, by K Hen III to Master John son of Odo Galle of Saltfleetby (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 100). In 1281, Peter Galle was holding the market (QW, p. 398).
	F	(Charter) vf+6, Matthew (21 Sept); gr 12 Jul 1268, by K Hen III to Master John son of Odo Galle of Saltfleetby (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 100). In 1281, Peter Galle was holding the fair on vfm+5 Matthew the apostle (QW, p. 398).

SCOTTER 4888 4008. 1334 Subsidy £83.25.
	M	(Charter) mercatum, gr 22 Mar 1199, by K Ric I to St Peter, St Oswald, king and martyr, monastery of Burgh [Peterborough] and A Benedict [Peterborough abbey]. To be held at the vill. The day of the market was not given (CChR, 1327–41, p. 278). On 21 Dec 1200, K John confirmed the market to A Achar and monastery of Burgh [Peterborough] (RCh, p. 82a). On 15 May 1270, K Hen III inspected a charter, dated 12 Jun 1253, in which he had granted St Peter, St Oswald, king and martyr, the monastery of Peterborough and the A and C a market at Scotter (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 142). In 1281, the A of Peterborough was holding a Wed market by a charter of K Hen III (QW, p. 395). On 13 Jun 1300, K Edw I inspected and confirmed K Hen III’s charter of 12 Jun 1253 (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 485).
	F	(Charter) Peter and Paul the Apostles (29 Jun); nundinae gr 22 Mar 1199, by K Ric I to St Peter, St Oswald, king and martyr, the monastery of Peterborough and A Benedict [Peterborough abbey] (CChR, 1327–41, p. 278). On 21 Dec 1200, K John confirmed to A Achar and the monastery the three day fair at Peter and Paul (RCh, p. 82). On 15 May 1270, K Hen III inspected a charter dated 12 Jun 1253, in which he had confirmed the three day fair at Scotter (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 142). In 1281, the A of Peterborough was holding a fair on vfm Peter and Paul by a charter of K Hen III (QW, p. 395). On 13 Jun 1300, K Edw I inspected and confirmed K Hen III’s charter (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 485).

SCRIVELSBY 5265 3657. 1334 Subsidy £56.50.
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 22 Jan 1258, by K Hen III to Philip Marmyun. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 3). On 6 May 1259, the day of the market was changed to Fri (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 17). In 1281, Philip Marmyon was holding the market (QW, p. 391).
	F	(Charter) vfm, Benedict (21 Mar); gr 22 Jan 1258, by K Hen III to Philip Marmyun. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 3). In 1281, Philip Marmyon was holding the fair (QW, p. 391).

SEMPRINGHAM 5106 3329. 1334 Subsidy £21. Sempringham was less than two miles from Stow Green, Lincolnshire (q.v.).
	F	(Prescriptive) feria recorded 18 Jul 1233. Mandate to sh of Lincolnshire to prohibit the fair which was accustomed to be held in that place. The feast of the fair was not given (CR, 1231–4, p. 241). The fair presumably belonged to the priory of Sempringham, founded in the 1130s.

SKIDBROOK 5439 3932. 1334 Subsidy £191.88. It is possible that the manor passed from John Bek to Robert de Wileghby.
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 23 Mar 1301, by K Edw I to John Bek (CChR, 1300–26, p. 6). To be held at the manor.
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 5 Apr 1305, by K Edw I to Robert de Wileghby (CChR, 1300–26, p. 51). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vf+6, Matthew the Apostle (21 Sept); gr 23 Mar 1301, by K Edw I to John Bek (CChR, 1300–26, p. 6). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vf, Holy Trinity (Easter dep); gr 5 Apr 1305, by K Edw I to Robert de Wileghby (CChR, 1300–26, p. 51). To be held at the manor.

SLEAFORD 5069 3459. Borough 1258 (BF, p. 137). 1334 Subsidy £240.52. Alexander, bp of Lincoln constructed a castle here in 1123–39. The borough was also associated with the bridge over the river Slea. Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Charter) gr 1154x65, by K Hen II to ch and bp of Lincoln (CChR, 1327–41, p. 110). In 1202, the day of the market was changed from Sun to Thurs (D.M. Stenton ed., The Earliest Lincolnshire Assize Rolls, 1202–09, Lincolnshire Record Society, xxii (1926), no. 794). Market held in the vill in 1203 (PR, 5 John, p. 119). In 1239, Geoffrey de Stowe stated that the market was being damaged by that at Swaton, Lincolnshire (q.v.) (CRR, xvi, no. 2477). In 1281, Oliver bp of Lincoln claimed a market at the manor of Lafford from time out of mind (QW, p. 429). On 15 Feb 1329, K Edw III confirmed K Hen II’s charter to Henry bp of Lincoln (CChR, 1327–41, p. 110).
	F	(Charter) 1+fm+1, Denis (9 Oct); feria gr 1136x40, by K Steph to A[lexander] bp of Lincoln. To be held at the manor (Regesta, iii, no. 476). In 1281, Oliver bp of Lincoln claimed a fair at the manor of Lafford from time out of mind (QW, p. 429). On 15 Feb 1329, K Edw III confirmed K Steph’s charter to Henry, bp of Lincoln (CChR, 1327–41, p. 103). On 9 Mar 1401, K Hen IV granted Henry, bp of Lincoln, the king’s brother, a fair on f Denis to be held at the town. It was stated that the existing fair on f Denis was held by the bp of Lincoln by a charter of the king’s progenitors, who had granted that the bp could have a three or four day fair on each of his manors (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 415). This probably refers to a notice to sh of Lincolnshire, dated 22 Nov 1214, that K John had granted to H[ugh] bp of Lincoln and his successors the right to have fairs of three or four days duration on all of their manors, where they wish, without damaging neighbouring fairs (RLC, i, p. 179b).
	F	(Charter) f, Peter’s Chains (1 Aug); gr 9 Mar 1401, by K Hen IV to Henry, bp of Lincoln, the king’s brother (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 415). To be held at the town.

SOUTH KYME 5175 3497. 1334 Subsidy £46.88.
	F	(Charter) vfm, George (23 Apr); gr 5 May 1343, by K Edw III to Gilbert de Umframville, earl of Anegos [i.e. Angus] (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 14). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Peter’s Chains (1 Aug); gr 5 May 1343, by K Edw III to Gilbert de Umframville, earl of Anegos [i.e. Angus] (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 14). To be held at the manor.

SPALDING 5247 3224. 1334 Subsidy £600.30. Spalding contained a cell of Crowland abbey in 1086 and may have been an administrative and trading centre at a much earlier date (Alecto Historical Editions, The Lincolnshire Domesday (London, 1992), p. 23 n.). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474). Fair 1587, 6 Dec (Harrison, p. 397).
	M	(Prescriptive) recorded 1086, mercatum. The market was worth 40s. (Darby, p. 369). In 1201, the P of Spalding appointed an attourney in a plea of removal of a market at Spalding (CRR, i, p. 59) In 1281, the P of Spalding claimed a Tues market ab antiquo (QW, p. 401).
	M	(Charter) Fri; gr 6 May 1242, by K Hen III to P and C of Spalding (CChR, 1226–57, p. 274). In 1281, the P of Spalding was holding the market (QW, p. 401). In 1293, the P of Spalding’s market was being damaged by that at Moulton, Lincolnshire (q.v.) (CCR, 1288–96, p. 291).
	F	(Prescriptive) v+14, Nicholas (6 Dec); feria recorded 1281, held by P of Spalding. In 1281, the P of Spalding claimed the fair ab antiquo (QW, p. 401).
	F	(Prescriptive) v+8, Holy Cross (14 Sept); feria recorded 1281, held by P of Spalding. In 1281, the P of Spalding claimed the fair ab antiquo (QW, p. 401). It has been assumed that the feast was that of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

SPILSBY 5400 3661. 1334 Subsidy £38. It is possible that the manor passed from John Bek to Robert de Wileghby and that the grants to de Wileghby were in effect confirmations of the market and fair existing in 1305. This may mean that the fair at the feast of St Nicholas granted in 1259 had lapsed by 1305. Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 7 Oct 1255, by K Hen III to John Bek (CChR, 1226–57, p. 450). To be held at the manor.
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 5 Apr 1305, by K Edw I to Robert de Wileghby (CChR, 1300–26, p. 51). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, James (25 Jul); gr 7 Oct 1255, by K Hen III to John Bek (CChR, 1226–57, p. 450). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vf+2, Nicholas (6 Dec); gr 8 May 1259, by K Hen III to John Bek (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 17). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, James (25 Jul); gr 5 Apr 1305, by K Edw I to Robert de Wileghby (CChR, 1300–26, p. 51). To be held at the manor.

SPITAL IN THE STREET 4947 3901.
	M	(Letter Close) Fri; gr 26 Jun 1324, by K Edw II to Qu Isabella. To be held at the manor. Order to the sh of Lincolnshire to proclaim the market and cause it to be held (CCR, 1323–7, pp. 119, 249).
	F	(Letter Close) vf+6, Edmund the king (20 Nov); gr 26 Jun 1324, by K Edw II to Qu Isabella. To be held at the manor. Order to the sh of Lincolnshire to proclaim the fair and cause it to be held (CCR, 1323–7, pp. 119, 249).

STAMFORD 5028 3071. Borough 918 (BF, p. 137). Mint 970s–1154. 1334 Subsidy £358.83. Danish borough annexed by K Edw the Elder in 918. Borough in Domesday Book. Incorporated in 1462 (Darby, p. 366; BF, p. 137). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474). Fair 1587, 12 Mar (Harrison, p. 393). See also E.W. Moore, The Fairs of Medieval England, an Introductory Study (Toronto, 1985), pp. 12–13 and passim.
	M	(Prescriptive: borough, mint). According to a charter forged in the twelfth-century and attributed to 972, K Edgar stated that there was to be no market between Stamford and Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire (q.v.) other than at Peterborough, Northamptonshire (q.v.) (The Electronic Sawyer <http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/chartwww/eSawyer.99/eSawyer2.html>, no. 787). In 1202, the market was moved from Sun to Mon (D.M. Stenton ed., The Earliest Lincolnshire Assize Rolls, 1202–09, Lincolnshire Record Society, xxii (1926), no. 676). In 1281, John de Warren’, earl of Surrey was holding the market, which he claimed had been held by K Edw I before he became king (QW, p. 421). The Lord Edw [the future K Edw I] had held Stamford in 1254–8 and again in 1264 (M. Prestwich, Edward I (London, 1988), pp. 11–12, 19–20, 36, 48).
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 21 Nov 1481, by K Edw IV to alderman and burgesses of Stamford. To be held in the town (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 254) This was either an addition to the market(s) held on another day or days of the week, or a confirmation of an existing market on the occasion of a grant of two new fairs.
	F	(Prescriptive) nundinae recorded 21 Apr 1205. The feast of the fair is not given (RLC, i, p. 28). The fair at Stamford was recorded in 1206, 1215, 1223, 1224 and 1225 (RLC, i, pp. 66, 195; CRR, xi, no. 1405; RLC, p. 630; RLC, ii, p. 70). In 1228, W. earl Warenne held Stamford borough, which he alleged was being damaged by the fair at Peterborough, Northamptonshire (q.v.). He had been granted Stamford with its appertenances by K John on 19 Apr 1205 (CRR, xiii, nos. 406, 708; RLP, p. 52b). The fair was held at Lent (Easter dep). Between the death of William, earl Warenne in 1240 and the majority of John de Warenne in 1254, K Hen III held the fair; from 1251, the profits accrued to the Exchequer (E.W. Moore, The Fairs of Medieval England, an Introductory Study (Toronto, 1985), pp. 10, 12–13 and passim) In 1281, John de Warren’, earl of Surrey was holding the fair. He claimed that it had been held by K Edw I before he became king (QW, p. 421).
	F	(Charter) 2+f+3, Simon and Jude (28 Oct); gr 21 Nov 1481, by K Edw IV to alderman and burgesses of Stamford (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 254). To be held in the town.
	F	(Charter) Mon after Corpus Christi+3 (Easter dep); gr 21 Nov 1481, by K Edw IV to alderman and burgesses of Stamford (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 254). To be held in the town.

STENIGOT 5252 3809. 1334 Subsidy £17.25.
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 17 Jul 1312, by K Edw II to Nicholas de Lek, king’s yeoman (CChR, 1300–26, p. 194). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Trinity (Easter dep); gr 17 Jul 1312, by K Edw II to Nicholas de Lek’, king’s yeoman (CChR, 1300–26, p. 194). To be held at the manor.

STOW 4882 3819. An important pre-Conquest place. The bp of Dorchester (in whose diocese Stow lay) founded a monastery there at the beginning of the eleventh century. The endowment was enlarged in 1053x5, when a fair already existed at Stow. The monastery was suppressed after the Conquest, being eventually succeeded by Eynsham, Oxfordshire. The ch of St Mary at Stow retained a high status and the bp of Lincoln (successor to the bp of Dorchester) established a palace at Stow Park. In the 1334 Lay Subsidy, Stow was assessed with Stow Park at £100 (Glasscock, p. 178). In 1234, the fairs at Stow were moved approximately three miles west to a site more favourable for commerce at Marton, Lincolnshire (q.v.) which had been part of the endowment of the monastery at Stow.
	M	(Prescriptive) recorded 1170, forum (PR, 16 Hen II, p. 153 ). In 1281, Oliver, bp of Lincoln claimed a market, the day of which was not given, from time out of mind (QW, p. 429).
	F	(Prescriptive) recorded 1053x5; the annual fair (gearmarkett) at Stow was evidently a going concern in 1053x5, when the monastery was endowed (A.J. Robertson ed., Anglo-Saxon Charters (Cambridge, 1956), pp. 216–17). Its relationship to the four fairs at Stow recorded in the early twelfth century is uncertain. It may have corresponded to one of them, or it may have been an extended occasion in August and September, subsequently formalised as the two fairs of St Mary and that of St Michael.
	F	(Prescriptive) Mary in August (15 Aug); recorded 1102–7, when K Hen I granted to St Mary and Robert, bp of Lincoln the right to take toll in the fairs at Stow, including that on the f of Mary in August (Regesta, ii, no. 864). In 1155x58, K Hen II confirmed to St Mary of Lincoln and Robert, bp of Lincoln the right to take toll in the fairs of Stow, including that on the feast of Mary in August, just as K Hen I gave, conceded and by his charter confirmed it to the ch of Lincoln (CChR, 1327–41, pp. 143–4). On 19 Oct 1234, K Hen III granted Hugh bp of Lincoln that the fairs he had at Stow, including that on the Assumption (15 Aug), would be held at Marton, Lincolnshire (q.v.) (CChR, 1327–41, pp. 143–4, 148). On 15 Feb 1329, K Edw III confirmed to the confirmation of K Hen II (CChR, 1327–41, pp. 143–4).
	F	(Prescriptive) Mary in September (8 Sept); recorded 1102–7, when K Hen I granted to St Mary and Robert, bp of Lincoln the right to take toll in the fairs at Stow, including that on the f of Mary in Sept (Regesta, ii, no. 864). In 1155x58, K Hen II confirmed to St Mary of Lincoln and Robert, bp of Lincoln the right to take toll in the fairs of Stow, including that on the feast of Mary in September, just as K Hen I gave, conceded and by his charter confirmed it to the ch of Lincoln (CChR, 1327–41, pp. 143–4). On 19 Oct 1234, K Hen III granted Hugh bp of Lincoln that the fairs he had at Stow, including that on the Nativity of the Virgin (8 Sept), would be held at Marton, Lincolnshire (q.v.) (CChR, 1327–41, pp. 143–4, 148).
	F	(Prescriptive) Michael (29 Sept); recorded 1102–7, when K Hen I granted to St Mary and Robert, bp of Lincoln the right to take toll in the fairs at Stow, including that on the f of Michael (Regesta, ii, no. 864). In 1155x58, K Hen II confirmed to St Mary of Lincoln and Robert, bp of Lincoln the right to take toll in the fairs of Stow, including that on the feast of Michael, just as K Hen I gave, conceded and by his charter confirmed it to the ch of Lincoln (CChR, 1327–41, pp. 143–4). In 1208, the fair at Stow on the feast of Michael was recorded (CRR, v, p. 301). On 19 Oct 1234, K Hen III granted Hugh bp of Lincoln that the fairs he had at Stow, including that on Michaelmas, would be held at Marton, Lincolnshire (q.v.) (CChR, 1327–41, pp. 143–4, 148).
	F	(Prescriptive) Pentecost (Easter dep); recorded 1102–7, when K Hen I granted to St Mary and Robert, bp of Lincoln the right to take toll in the fairs at Stow, including that on the f of Pentecost (Regesta, ii, no. 864). In 1155x58, K Hen II confirmed to St Mary of Lincoln and Robert, bp of Lincoln the right to take toll in the fairs of Stow, including that on the feast of Pentecost, just as K Hen I gave, conceded and by his charter confirmed it to the ch of Lincoln (CChR, 1327–41, pp. 143–4). This fair was not included in the list of the bp’s fairs at Stow on 19 Oct 1234 (CChR, 1327–41, p. 148).
	The fair(s) of Stow, the the feast(s) of which were not given, were noted in 1168, 1169, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1185, 1201–2, 1205, 1207 and 1212 (PR, 14 Hen II, p. 77; PR, 15 Hen II, p. 45; PR, 16 Hen II, p. 153; PR, 17 Hen II, p. 111; PR, 18 Hen II, p. 95; PR, 31 Hen II, p. 125; PR, 3 John, p. 194; PR, 4 John, p. 279; PR, 14 John, p. 2; RLC, i, p. 54; PR, 9 John, p. 13). In a vacancy account of the bishopric of Lincoln from 1181–2, Master Gregory and Richard Brito accounted for £119 13s. 9d. for the bp’s three fairs (feria), pleas and profits. The fairs are not identified, but it is probable that they were the bp’s fairs at Stow (PR, 28 Hen II, p. 59). The fairs brought a substantial income to the bp of Lincoln and purchases of cloth, furs and horses for the king are recorded in 1205, 1207 and 1208 (RLC, i, pp. 59b, 100b; PR, 9 John, p. 13). In 1281, Oliver bp of Lincoln claimed to have a fair at Stow from time out of mind. The feast of the fair was not given (QW, p. 429).

STOW GREEN 5098 3350. Stow Green is less than two miles north-west of Sempringham and less than a mile south-east of Threekingham, Lincolnshire (q.v.). It has been suggested that the seventh- century nunnery of Threekingham was in fact at Stow Green. The name ‘Stow’ often denotes an early meeting place. The ch at Stow Green was dedicated to St Ælhelthryth, the founder of the nunnery, and a later story mentions a place called ‘Æthelthryth’s Stow’ where a ch was built. Moreover, the fair at the feast of St John the Baptist (24 Jun) would have also taken place on St Æthelthryth’s day (23 Jun) (D. Roffe, ‘The seventh century monastery of Stow Green, Lincolnshire’, Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 21 (1986), pp. 31–3; P. Sawyer, ‘Anglo-Saxon Lincolnshire’, History of Lincolnshire iii (Lincoln, 1998), p. 66).
	F	(Prescriptive) recorded 18 Jul 1233, when the sh of Lincolnshire was ordered to prohibit the fair of Sempringham and of ‘Stow next to Sempringham’, which was accustomed to be held there. The feast of the fair was not given (CR, 1231–4, p. 241). This fair may have had a long history, dating back to the time of the seventh-century monastery. It may have been revived or re-established by the grant of 1268.
	F	(Charter) vfm, John the Baptist (24 Jun); gr 1268, by K Hen III to P and C of Sempringham. To be held at the manor of Stow. The date of the grant was not given (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 101). In 1275 and 1276, the P of Sempringham held a fair on v John the Baptist (24 Jun) at the ch of Stow [in the wapentake of Aveland]. It was not known by what warrant the P held the fair or how long he had held it (RH, i, pp. 256, 392). It has been assumed that the fair related to the Nativity of John the Baptist (24 Jun) as opposed to the Decollation of John the Baptist (29 Aug). This fair may have replaced one at Sempringham, Lincolnshire (q.v.) itself.

SURFLEET 5251 3283. 1334 Subsidy £315.
	M	(Charter) Sat; gr 4 Feb 1290, by K Edw I to William de Cressi (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 341). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Lawrence (10 Aug); gr 4 Feb 1290, by K Edw I to William de Cressi (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 341). To be held at the manor.

SUTTON ST JAMES 5396 3184. 1334 Subsidy £375. In Holland. Margaret, daughter and heiress of William Lungspee, married Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln (GEC, ix, p. 384).
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 20 Dec 1252, by K Hen III to William Lungspe (CChR, 1226–57, p. 413). To be held at the manor.
	M	(Charter) Wed; gr 4 Jan 1282, by K Edw I to Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln and Margaret his wife (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 260). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm+1, James the Apostle (25 Jul); gr 20 Dec 1252, by K Hen III to William Lungspe. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 413). On 4 Jan 1282, K Edw I granted the fair to Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, and Margaret his wife (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 260).

SWATON 5133 3376. 1334 Subsidy £167.75. Margaret, daughter and heiress of William Lungspee, married Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln (GEC, ix, p. 384).
	M	(Letter Close) Fri; mercatum, gr 4 Aug 1221, by K Hen III to Lady Nichola de Haya (RLC, i, p. 468). To be held at the manor until the king came of age.
	M	(Charter) Fri; gr 20 Oct 1239, by K Hen III to William Lungspee. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 247). In 1239, the market was alleged to be detrimental to those at Folkingham and Sleaford, Lincolnshire (q.v.) (CRR, xvi, no. 2477). On 4 Jan 1282, K Edw I granted Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln and Margaret his wife the market (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 260).
	F	(Charter) vfm+1, Trans of Thomas (7 Jul); gr 20 Dec 1252, by K Hen III to William Lungspe. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 413). On 4 Jan 1282, K Edw I granted Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln and Margaret his wife the fair (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 260).

SWINDERBY 4869 3632. 1334 Subsidy £42.59. On 6 Jul 1345, it was stated that K Edw III had heard that ‘diverse felonies and robberies’ had occurred on the Fosse highway between the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire and the town of Newark, Nottinghamshire (q.v.), because there was no town nearby and no men living there. The P of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England had requested that ‘for the greater safety of travellers there and the repressing of ill-doing’, he could build a town or hamlet and settle men on his land at a place called Swinderby Moor, adjacent to the Fosse way and at his manor of ‘Aycle’, this being the ‘chief resort’ of the felons. K Edw III therefore gave the P licence to refound a chapel dedicated to the Holy Trinity, to build a town and houses around it and to enclose plots (placeas) and grant them to men ready to move there for the ‘entertainment’ of travellers. The P and his successors were to hold the chapel and its associated settlement. In conjunction with this, the king granted the P the market and two fairs below. Just over one hundred years later, on 26 Jun 1449, Robert Botyll, P of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, restored this charter into the chancery to be cancelled as far as the market and fairs were concerned. K Hen VI then granted Robert a market and two fairs in the town of Swinderby pertaining to the manor of ‘Aycle’, ‘which town is not distant more than a quarter of a mile from the place called Swynderby Moor’. At the same time, the king granted Robert licence to embattle, crenellate and machicolate the manor, the right to impark a large area of wood and pasture and also the right to free warren (CChR, 1341–1417, pp. 40–1; CChR, 1427–1516, pp. 112–13). The market and fairs held at Swinderby Moor were the same as those later held at Swinderby. Swinderby lies about half a mile from the Fosse Way and Swinderby Moor, the exact site of which is not known, was probably on the Fosse Way itself. Since the market and fairs held at the two places were identical institutions, they are covered by only one entry in this Gazetteer.
	M	(Charter) Sat; gr 6 Jul 1345, by K Edw III to P of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England. To be held at Swynderby More (Swinderby Moor), for which see above (CChR, 1341–1417, pp. 40–1). On 26 Jun 1449, Robert Botyll, P of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, restored this charter into the chancery to be cancelled. K Hen VI then granted Robert a Sat market in the town of Swinderby (CChR, 1427–1516, pp. 112–13).
	F	(Charter) f+6, Barnabas the Apostle (11 Jun); gr 6 Jul 1345, by K Edw III to P of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England. To be held at Swynderby More (Swinderby Moor), for which see above (CChR, 1341–1417, pp. 40–1). On 26 Jun 1449, Robert Botyll, P of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, restored this charter into the chancery to be cancelled. K Hen VI then granted Robert a fair on f+6 Barnabas in the town of Swinderby (CChR, 1427–1516, pp. 112–13).
	F	(Charter) vf+6, Catherine the Virgin (25 Nov); gr 6 Jul 1345, by K Edw III to P of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England. To be held at Swynderby More (Swinderby Moor), for which see above (CChR, 1341–1417, pp. 40–1). On 26 Jun 1449, Robert Botyll, P of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, restored this charter into the chancery to be cancelled. K Hen VI then granted Robert a fair on vf+6 Katharine in the town of Swinderby (CChR, 1427–1516, pp. 112–13).

SWINESHEAD 5237 3402. 1334 Subsidy £285. The Cistercian abbey of Swineshead was founded by Robert de Gresley in 1135 (Medieval Religious Houses, p. 126).
	M	(Grant: other) Thurs; gr 19 Aug 1227, by K Hen III to Robert de Greilley. Robert de Greilley claimed the market in 1281, by the charter of K Hen III. Robert died during the quo warranto enquiry (QW, p. 423). The grant of this market is not recorded in the Calendar of Charter Rolls.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Matthew (21 Sept); gr 19 Aug 1227, by K Hen III to Robert Greslay (CChR, 1226–57, p. 56). Order to sh of Lincolnshire to publicise the fair throughout his baliwick and to cause it to be held, 18 Aug 1227 (RLC, ii, p. 197). In 1281, Robert de Greilley claimed the fair by the charter of K Hen III, but died during the quo warranto enquiry (QW, p. 423).
	F	(Charter) vfm+2, Holy Trinity (Easter dep); gr 17 Mar 1298, by K Edw I to A and C of Swineshead (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 471). To be held at the chapel of St Saviour in Swineshead.

TATTERSHALL 5212 3575. 1334 Subsidy £58. The Tattershall family died out in the male line in the early fourteenth century; the estates passed to the Driby, Cailly and Orreby families (I.J. Sanders, English Baronies: a study of their origin and descent, 1086–1327 (Oxford, 1960), p. 88). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Grant: other) Thurs; mercatum, gr 1202, by K John to Robert de Tateshal’ (PR, 4 John, p. 238).
	M	(Charter) Fri; gr 9 Feb 1310, by K Edw II to John de Driby. To be held at the manor. On 9 Jul 1315, K Edw II assented to Joan de Drilby’s petition to have a Thurs market in lieu. Although the 1310 grant was made to John de Driby, in 1315 it was noted that the original grant had been made to Joan de Driby (CChR, 1300–26, pp. 133, 281).
	F	(Charter) vfm, Invention of the Cross (3 May); gr 9 Jul 1315, by K Edw II to Joan de Drilby (CChR, 1300–26, p. 281). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Exaltation of the Cross (14 Sept); gr 9 Jul 1315, by K Edw II to Joan de Drilby (CChR, 1300–26, p. 281). To be held at the manor.

TEMPLE BRUER 5008 3536. 1334 Subsidy £32.09.
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 1154x89, by K Hen II to Knights Templar. To be held at the manor. On 20 Jul 1259, K Hen III inspected this charter and, as the market had ‘hitherto not been made use of’, granted a change of day of the market to Wed (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 19).
	F	(Charter) vfm, James the Apostle (25 Jul); gr 20 Jul 1259, by K Hen III to brother Amadeus, the master and brethren of the Order [of the Knights Templar] (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 19). To be held at the manor.

TETNEY 5317 4009. 1334 Subsidy £75.50.
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 4 Jan 1282, by K Edw I to Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 260). To be held at the manor.

Thealby, see BURTON UPON STATHER

THORESWAY 5166 3966. 1334 Subsidy £40.58. Elias de Rabayne died in 1285. His wife survived him, but lost control of the estates; in 1312, it was granted to Isabel de Vescy, who died in 1334 (I.J. Sanders, English Baronies: a study of their origin and descent, 1086–1327 (Oxford, 1960), p. 89).
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 3 Apr 1252, by K Hen III to Elias de Rabayn (CChR, 1226–57, p. 380). In 1281, Elyas de Rabayn’ claimed the market, but it was stated that it had only been held on three days (QW, p. 405). On 13 May 1317, K Edw II granted a Mon market to Isabel, the king’s cousin, late the wife of John de Vescy. To be held at the manor. The grant of the market was for life only, as Isabel held the manor for life of the king’s grant (CChR, 1300–26, p. 333).
	F	(Charter) m+3, Whitsunday (Easter dep); gr 3 Apr 1252, by K Hen III to Elias de Rabayn (CChR, 1226–57, p. 380). In 1281, Elyas de Rabayn’ claimed the fair, but it was stated that it had never been held (QW, p. 405).
	F	(Charter) vf+2, Nativity of Mary (8 Sept); gr 13 May 1317, by K Edw II to Isabel, the king’s cousin, late the wife of John de Vescy. To be held at the manor. The grant of the fair was for life only as Isabel held the manor for life by the king’s grant (CChR, 1300–26, p. 333).

THREEKINGHAM 5089 3362. 1334 Subsidy £84.25. In the late seventh century, a nunnery was founded at Threekingham. It has been suggested that the nunnery was located at Stow Green, Lincolnshire (q.v.) less than a mile to the south–east and that the market recorded in 1086 was also at Stow Green (D. Roffe, ‘The seventh century monastery of Stow Green, Lincolnshire’, Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 21 (1986), pp. 31–3; P. Sawyer, ‘Anglo–Saxon Lincolnshire’, History of Lincolnshire iii (Lincoln, 1998), p. 66).
	M	(Prescriptive) recorded 1086, forum. Of the market, 40s. (Darby, p. 370)
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 9 Apr 1328, by K Edw III to Lambert de Trikyngham (CChR, 1327–41, p. 80). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm+1, Peter and Paul (29 Jun); gr 9 Apr 1328, by K Edw III to Lambert de Thrikyngham (CChR, 1327–41, p. 80). To be held at the manor.

THRUNSCOE 5307 4082. The place is now lost. The area was south of Cleethorpes, to which the grid references relate (K. Cameron ed.,The Place-Names of Lincolnshire, v (Nottingham, 1997), pp. 19–20).
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 13 May 1362, by K Edw III to John, earl of Lancaster and Richmond, the king’s son (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 170).
	F	(Charter) vf, Michael (29 Sept); gr 13 May 1362, by K Edw III to John, earl of Lancaster and Richmond, the king’s son (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 170).

THURLBY 5105 3168. In the 1334 Lay Subsidy, Thurlby was valued with Obthorpe at £164.94 (Glasscock, p. 169).
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 4 Nov 1318, by K Edw II to Geoffrey de la Mare (CChR, 1300–26, p. 393). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Firmin (25 Sept); gr 4 Nov 1318, by K Edw II to Geoffrey de la Mare (CChR, 1300–26, p. 393). To be held at the manor.

TORKSEY 4837 3789. Borough 1066 (BF, p. 138; Darby, p. 366). Mint 970s–1042. 1334 Subsidy £68.25. Probably a centre of trade in the eighth and ninth centuries. Headquarters of a Danish army in 872. On the Foss Dyke, which linked the river Trent with the river Witham and was therefore an important trade route. Torksey served as an outport of Lincoln, Lincolnshire (q.v.) and in Domesday Book was described as a ‘suburb’, presumably of Lincoln. The importance of Torksey declined from the thirteenth century as the dyke was closed due to silting (G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), p. 220; P. Sawyer, ‘Anglo–Saxon Lincolnshire’, History of Lincolnshire iii (Lincoln, 1998), p. 197; BF, p. 138).
	M	(Prescriptive: borough, mint) recorded 1100x35. On 20 Nov 1377, K Ric II confirmed to the burgesses of Torksey letters patent dated 10 May 1345, confirming at the request of John Darcy the father, then lord of Torksey, a charter of K Hen II granting to them their market in the town as they had it in the time of K Hen I (CPR, 1377–81, pp. 65–6).
	M	(Letter Close) Mon; mercatum, gr 10 Jan 1219, by K Hen III to Philip de Albiniaco (RLC, i, p. 385). Mandate to the sh of Lincolnshire to cause him to have the market.
	M	(Letter Close) Sat, mercatum, gr 20 Jun 1219, by K Hen III to Philip de Albin’. To be held at the manor (RLC, i, p. 393b). As Philip was to have a market on one day of the week, the Sat market may have superseded the Mon market. Presumably, the burgesses of Torksey had the market on other days.
	M	(Charter) [day not given]; gr 27 Feb 1286 by K Edw I to John de Balliol and Isabel his wife, to be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 330).
	M	(Charter) Mon, Wed; gr 10 May 1345 by K Edw III to John Darcy the father, to be held at the town (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 38). On 22 Mar 1377, a Mon market was recorded, held by Mary de Sancto Paulo, countess of Pembroke, lately deceased. On 1 Sept 1337, K Edw III had granted the reversion of the manor after Mary’s death to John Darcy ‘le cosyn’, steward of the king’s household and the heirs male of his body (CIPM, xiv, no. 339).
	F	(Letter Close) vf, Giles (1 Sept); feria gr 10 Jan 1219, by K Hen III to Philip de Albiniaco. Mandate to the sh of Lincolnshire to cause him to have the fair (RLC, i, p. 385). On 14 Feb 1219, the feast of the fair was changed from vf Giles to vf Swithun (2 Jul) (RLC, i, p. 387b).
	F	(Charter) vfm+12, Holy Trinity (Easter dep); gr 27 Feb 1286, by K Edw I to John de Balliol and Isabel his wife (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 330). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vf+6, Trans of Thomas the Martyr (7 Jul); gr 10 May 1345, by K Edw III to John Darcy ‘le piere’. To be held at the town (CChR, 1341–1417, p. 38). On 22 Mar 1377, a fair on the feast of the Trans of Thomas was recorded, held by Mary de Sancto Paulo, countess of Pembroke, lately deceased. On 1 Sept 1337, K Edw III had granted the reversion of the manor after Mary’s death to John Darcy ‘le cosyn’, steward of the king’s household and the heirs male of his body (CIPM, xiv, no. 339).

TOTHILL 5418 3814. In the 1334 Lay Subsidy, Tothill and South Reston were valued at £23.75 (Glasscock, p. 184). The manor of Tothill was taken from Richard de Seez in late 1265 and was given to Eleanor of Castile. In Nov 1274, Eleanor surrendered the manor to K Edw I, who granted it to John Ferre, steward of her household (J.C. Parsons, Eleanor of Castile (London, 1994), p. 180).
	M	(Charter) Mon; gr 26 Oct 1255, by K Hen III to Richard de Seys. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 451). On 15 Aug 1299, K Edw I granted Otho Ferre a Mon market, to be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 479).
	F	(Charter) vfm, Assumption (15 Aug); gr 26 Oct 1255, by K Hen III to Richard de Seys. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 451). On 15 Aug 1299, K Edw I granted Otho Ferre a fair on vfm Assumption, to be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 479).

WAINFLEET 5497 3590. Borough 1458 (BF, p. 138). 1334 Subsidy £232.88. Wainfleet was divided amongst several lords from the time of Domesday Book, so that three separate settlements developed. It was an important trading centre for goods from the Lincolnshire Wolds, particularly before Boston, Lincolnshire (q.v.) increased in influence. Wainfleet was incorporated in 1458, when a market and three new fairs were granted, making a remarkable total of six fairs in all (G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Lincoln, 1985), p. 217; BF, p. 138). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 474).
	M	(Prescriptive: borough) recorded 1199x1216, mercatum, held by P of Kim [Kyme] (Abb Plac, p. 71). It was stated that in the villa of Wainfleet a market was held on a day other than the accustomed day and that the P of Kyme was the lord of the vill and of the market. Through the justices, the king conceded that the market was to be held on Tues, if it was not detrimental to neighbouring markets. This change probably took place in or before 1202 (D.M. Stenton ed., The Earliest Lincolnshire Assize Rolls, 1202-09, Lincolnshire Record Society, xxii (1926), p. 162).
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 4 Jan 1282, by K Edw I to Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 260). To be held at the manor.
	M	(Charter) Sat; gr 14 Oct 1305, by K Edw I to Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln (CChR, 1300–26, p. 61). To be held at the manor.
	M	(Charter) Sat; gr 20 Mar 1458 by K Hen VI to bailiffs and commonalty of Wainfleet, to be held at the town (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 129).
	F	(Letter Close) vf+4, Invention of Holy Cross (3 May); feria gr 30 Oct 1222, by K Hen III to R[anulph] earl of Chester and Lincoln (RLC, i, p. 518). To be held at the manor until the king came of age.
	F	(Charter) vfm+5, Peter ad Vincula (1 Aug); gr 4 Jan 1282, by K Edw I to Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 260). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vf+14, Whitsunday (Easter dep); gr 14 Oct 1305, by K Edw I to Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln (CChR, 1300–26, p. 61). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) the three days following 21 Jun; gr 20 Mar 1458, by K Hen VI to the bailiffs and commonalty of Wainfleet, to be held at the town (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 129)
	F	(Charter) the three days following 21 Aug; gr 20 Mar 1458, by K Hen VI to the bailiffs and commonalty of Wainfleet, to be held at the town (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 129).
	F	(Charter) the three days following 10 Oct; gr 20 Mar 1458, by K Hen VI to the bailiffs and commonalty of Wainfleet, to be held at the town (CChR, 1427–1516, p. 129.

WELBOURNE 4968 3545. 1334 Subsidy £95.81.
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 29 Sept 1272, by K Hen III to Elias de Rabeyn. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 184). In 1281, Elyas de Rabayn’ was holding the market (QW, p. 405).
	F	(Charter) vf+6, Chad (2 Mar); gr 29 Sept 1272, by K Hen III to Elias de Rabeyn. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 184). In 1281, Elyas de Rabayn’ was holding the fair (QW, p. 405).

WEST RASEN 5065 3894. 1334 Subsidy £75.31. West Rasen was only approximately two and a half miles from Market Rasen, Lincolnshire (q.v.) which also had a market and a fair.
	M	(Letter Close) Thurs; mercatum, gr 22 Aug 1219, by K Hen III to Hugh Paynel. To be held at the manor. Mandate to the sh of Lincolnshire to cause him to have it (RLC, i, p. 398b). On 22 Aug 1219, Hugh Paynel gave one palfrey for a Thurs market (C 60/11 m.3; PR, 3 Hen III, p. 129). On 10 Aug 1227, the sh of Lincolnshire was ordered to allow Hugh Paynel to have his Thurs market just as he had it before the king’s prohibition that no other markets were to be held without express order (RLC, ii, p. 196b). This prohibition was made in early 1227. On 13 Jan 1239, K Hen III granted Hugh Paynel the market (CChR, 1226–57, p. 237).
	F	(Letter Close) vf+f, All Saints and All Souls (1 Nov); feria gr 1 Oct 1237, by K Hen III to Hugh Paynel. To be held at the manor. On 1 Oct 1237, the sh of Lincolnshire was ordered to proclaim the fair and cause it to be held. It is not clear whether this was an hereditary or a life grant (CR, 1234–7, p. 499). On 13 Jan 1239, K Hen III granted Hugh Paynel a fair on vf+2 All Saints (CChR, 1226–57, p. 237).

WHAPLODE 5324 3240. 1334 Subsidy £480.
	M	(Charter) Sat; gr 10 Jun 1255, by K Hen III to A and C of Croyland [Crowland]. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1226–57, p. 448). In 1281, the A of Croylaunde was holding the market (QW, p. 402).
	F	(Charter) vf+6, Assumption of Mary (15 Aug); gr 10 Jun 1255, by K Hen III to A and C of Croyland [Crowland]. To be held at the manor. The feast is stated to be the Assumption (CChR, 1226–57, p. 448). In 1281, the A of Croylaunde was holding the fair, the feast of which was given as the Assumption of Mary (QW, p. 402).

WILSFORD 5006 3430. 1334 Subsidy £61.80.
	M	(Charter) Tues; gr 4 Aug 1316, by K Edw II to A and C of Bec Herlewyn [abbey of Bec–Hellouin, Normandy] (CChR, 1300–26, p. 315). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Holy Trinity (Easter dep); gr 4 Aug 1316, by K Edw II to A and C of Bec Herlewyn [abbey of Bec–Hellouin, Normandy] (CChR, 1300–26, p. 315). To be held at the manor.

WINTERINGHAM 4925 4224. 1334 Subsidy £72.69.
	M	(Charter) Wed; gr 26 Sept 1317, by K Edw II to John Marmyon (CChR, 1300–26, p. 366). To be held at the manor.
	M	(Charter) Sat; gr 30 Jan 1333, by K Edw III to John Marmyon (CChR, 1327–41, p. 292). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Mary Magdalen (22 Jul); gr 26 Sept 1317, by K Edw II to John Marmyon (CChR, 1300–26, p. 366). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vfm, Trans of Thomas the Martyr (7 Jul); gr 30 Jan 1333, by K Edw III to John Marmyon (CChR, 1327–41, p. 292). To be held at the manor.

WINTERTON 4928 4185. 1334 Subsidy £75.91.
	M	(Charter) Thurs; gr 28 Feb 1334, by K Edw III to John earl of Cornwall, the king’s brother (CChR, 1327–41, p. 306). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vf+6, Philip and James (1 May); gr 28 Feb 1334, by K Edw III to John, earl of Cornwall, the king’s brother (CChR, 1327–41, p. 306). To be held at the manor.
	F	(Charter) vf+6, All Saints (1 Nov); gr 28 Feb 1334, by K Edw III to John, earl of Cornwall, the king’s brother (CChR, 1327–41, p. 306). To be held at the manor.

WRAGBY 5134 3780. 1334 Subsidy £54.50.
	M	(Letter Close) Thurs; mercatum, gr 19 Jun 1221, by K Hen III to William de Ros. To be held at the manor until the king came of age. Notice to the sh of Lincolnshire (RLC, i, p. 462). On 18 Mar 1222, William de Ros was granted a Thurs market until the king came of age (RLC, i, p. 490b). On 17 May 1223, the day of the market was changed from Thurs to Wed, until the king came of age (RLC, i, p. 547). On 5 Mar 1227, the sh of Lincolnshire was ordered to exempt William de Ros’s market from a general prohibition of markets and fairs raised during the minority of K Hen III (RLC, ii, p. 174). On 4 Dec 1384, Beatrice, widow of Thomas de Roos of Hamelak, kn, was holding a Wed market (CPR, 1381–5, p. 509).

WRANGLE 5424 3508. 1334 Subsidy £235. It is possible that the manor passed from Alexander de Poynton to Henry de Lacy.
	M	(Charter) Sat; mercatum, gr 1 Aug 1205, by K John to Alexander de Poynton (RCh, p. 156b). Alexander de Paynton owed 10m. and a sore sparrowhawk for having the market (PR, 7 John, p. 213). The market was recorded in 1242 (CRR, xvi, no. 2395).
	M	(Charter) Sat; gr 4 Jan 1282, by K Edw I to Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 260). To be held at the manor.

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