Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed. Words printed in italics are noted with underscores: _italics_. SOURCE BOOKS OF ENGLISH HISTORY FOR USE IN SCHOOLS EDITED BY K. H. VICKERS, M.A. EXTRACTS RELATING TO MEDIAEVAL MARKETS AND FAIRS IN ENGLAND EXTRACTS RELATING TO MEDIAEVAL MARKETS AND FAIRS IN ENGLAND BY HELEN DOUGLAS-IRVINE M.A. ST. ANDREWS AUTHOR OF "THE ROYAL PALACES OF SCOTLAND," "THE HISTORY OF LONDON" LONDON MACDONALD & EVANS 4, ADAM STREET, ADELPHI, W.C. 1912 CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 9 ANGLO-SAXON MARKETS 11 EFFECT OF THE CONQUEST 14 NEW CREATIONS 16 MARKET-PLACES 19 SMITHFIELD MARKET UNDER HENRY II. 24 SPECIAL PRIVILEGES 25 PIED POUDRE COURTS 26 PROFITS 30 PRE-EMPTION AND PRISAGE 36 MARKET HOUSES 39 ENFORCEMENT OF REGULARITY 40 SUPERVISION OF SALES 44 FOREIGN MERCHANTS 48 MISCELLANEOUS POINTS OF INTEREST 51 DEGENERATION OF FAIRS 54 EDITOR'S GENERAL PREFACE. This series of source-books aims at providing illustrations of various aspects of English history at a price that will enable the teacher to place them in the hands of the pupils themselves. All teachers of history are agreed as to the value of using the "original documents" in their work as a means of making their pupils realise that they are studying human life in past ages, but hitherto the consideration of price has confined the use of them almost entirely to the teachers themselves. In the series here prepared for the use of scholars and teachers alike the volumes are each devoted to one aspect of history, so that the teacher can select that one which will illustrate the particular line taken. Thus, one will be on "Markets and Fairs," for use when the teaching has an economic basis, another will deal with political events, and another with the social side of history. Great care has been taken to secure extracts from contemporary and reliable authorities. K. H. V. INTRODUCTION