Inquisition made by command of the lord the King by the mayor and bailiffs of Bristol, if it would be to the nuisance of the town of Bristol if there were a market on Monday at the manor of Hawksbury which E. abbot of Pershore holds, and if there were a fair there at the feast of St. Matthew in Autumn, by William de Feria, clerk,[205] ... Who say by their oath that it would not be to the nuisance of the town of Bristol in any wise if there were a market on the aforesaid Monday at the said manor of Hawksbury, and a fair there on the aforesaid feast of St. Matthew in Autumn.[206] [Footnote 204: September 21.] [Footnote 205: And eleven others named.] [Footnote 206: The abbot is granted the market and a fair on the eve, day and morrow of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist (August 28-30) by charter dated November 24, 1252 [_Charter Roll, 37 Henry III, m. 19_].] 5. GRANT OF A FAIR AT ST. IVES TO THE ABBEY OF RAMSEY[_Cart. Rams., f._ 191 _b._], 1202. John by the grace of God King of England, etc., greeting. Know ye that we, for our salvation and for the souls of our ancestors and successors, have granted and by our present charter have confirmed to God and the church of St. Mary and St. Benedict of Ramsey, and to the abbot and monks there serving God, a fair at St. Ives, to begin on the fourth day before the feast of St. Laurence and to endure for eight days[207]; to have and to hold for ever, so nevertheless that it be not to the nuisance of neighbouring fairs. Wherefore we will and straitly command that the aforesaid abbot and monks have and hold the aforesaid fair well and in peace, freely and quietly, entirely, fully and honourably, with all liberties and free customs to such fair pertaining. Witnesses:--Robert earl of Leicester, William earl of Arundel, and others. Given by the hand of Simon, archdeacon of Wells, at Harcourt on the seventh day of June in the fourth year of our reign. [Footnote 207: August 6-13.] 6. GRANT OF A MARKET AT ST. IVES TO THE ABBEY OF RAMSEY[_Cart. Rams., f._ 191 _b._], 1293.