Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs to 1516: Appendix I to Introduction

GAZETTEER OF MARKETS AND FAIRS TO 1516: INTRODUCTION

APPENDIX I

UNIDENTIFIED PLACES AND OTHER PLACES WHICH MAY HAVE HAD A MARKET OR FAIR BEFORE 1516

1. Unidentified markets and fairs in England from the primary sources

Place not named
Market, 1180. PR, 26 Hen II, p. 22.
Fairs, 1185. PR, 31 Hen II, p. 7.
Free fairs, 1200. PR, 2 John, p. 148.
Market and fair, 1255–6. CChR, 1427–1516, p. 286.

County unknown
Bareate or Barete, market at, 1199. RCh, p. 16b.
Barry super Alba'. RLC, ii, p. 186b.
Barwe, market and fair at,1204. RCh, p. 132.
Beretre, fair at, 1246. CChR, 1226–57, p. 294.
Chelebiry, fair at, 1252. CChR, 1226–57, p. 393.
Estrindeha', fair at, 1214. RLP, p. 120b.
Faukes, fair at, 1203. RCh, p. 110b.
Grimeston, fair at, and another at Norton, 1201. RCh, p 91.
Hertford or Ware, market which might be at. CRR, iii, p. 335.
Kornikal or Cornikal, fair at, 1200. RCh, p. 66b.
Silbinton, fair at, 1245. CR, 1242–7, p. 288.
Steinton, market at, 1208. RLC, i, p. 101.
Stow, fair at, 1205. RLC, i, p. 59b.
Wicton, market and fair at, 1201. RCh, p. 89b.

Derbyshire
Welham, market at, 1222–3. PRO C 60/8 m.9.

Kent
Neuton, market at, 1203. PR, 5 John, p. 27.
Halsnod, market at, 1224. RLC, i, p. 584.
Burn', fair at, 1226. RLC, ii, p. 129.

Lincolnshire
Fairs and other liberties, 1215. PR, 16 John, p. 154.

Norfolk
Eismanhawe. RLC, ii, p. 105.

Shropshire
Tapelton, market at, 1223. RLC, i, p. 537b.

Staffordshire
Durles, fair at, 1223. RLC, i, p. 554.

2. Unidentified boroughs in the Burghal Hidage

It is possible that markets were held at these burhs, if only for a short time.
Eorpeburnan (Defence, p. 201).
Sashes (Shaftsey), Berkshire. An island in the river Thames, near Cookham. (Defence, pp. 215–16)

3. Unidentified Anglo-Saxon mints

It is possible that markets were held at these places, as by virtue of their having a mint they would have been burhs or centres of trade.
Gothabur operating c.979–1042; possibly in south- west England. (Challis, p. 63)
Darent operating 924–39. This unidentified mint was in the west. (Challis, pp. 43, 47)
Weardburh operating 924–Edmund and Edgar. (Challis, pp. 46–7)

4. A place that may have had a market

Littledean, Gloucestershire. In 1276, a certain brother from Leonard Stanley priory was selling all kinds of merchandise except bread at Littledean.¹ This is noted in VCH, which also notes that in the late middle ages a market may have been held by the church at Littledean. From 1573, the market was centred around the market cross. The strongest evidence for a market is certainly post-medieval.²

5. Wakes

Wakes were festive assemblies at which trade sometimes took place. No attempt was made to record them systematically, but the following information was collected during the project:
A wake was recorded in Little Wittenham, Berkshire in 1246. CR, 1242–7, p. 400. See the entry for Marlborough, Wiltshire.

In 1212, the Abbot of Abingdon claimed that he did not have a fair at Wantage, Berkshire, but a wake which his predecessors had held since the conquest of England. CRR, vi, pp. 232, 296–7. See the entry for Wantage.

About 1224, the fair that had been granted at Southbroom, Wiltshire in 1208 was described as a wake. RLC, i, pp. 105b, 633; VCH Wiltshire, x, pp. 267–8.

1. RH, i, p. 182.
2. VCH Gloucestershire, v, p. 168.

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