Fairs, past and present : $b A chapter in the history of commerceWalford, Cornelius
History
Fairs, past and present : $b A chapter in the history of commerce
Walford, Cornelius
Fairs
Item another to the promoters ut infra by the same counsaylors.
In the accounts of the Fair of this year are the following items—the
result probably of causes heard by the Court of Piepowder—recorded thus:
“receyved bi the Bedel and the Townsmen & partly found by promoters”:
Rychard Lylye of Stow of Thold [Stow-in-the-Wold] in
Glossetershere hathe put to sale contrary to the statute
vii peces of welshe frese and hathe paid for his fyne to
Draper the partye that sued xx _s_, and for the quenes
parte vi _s._
Receyved of Mr Caree of Brystow for xv peces of karsey put
to sale contrarye to the statute iii l.
And of Maye for felts forfeited v s. iiii d.
Receyved of Tho. Mate for 11 karseys and 1 frese xxx s.
Receyved of Mr. Ryngsted for exchaunge old sylver and from
John Holls xxv s. whereof Tho. Gardener the promoter had
xx s. and v s. for the quene.
Receyved of Thomas Daye for iii peces of karsaye put to sale
contrarye to the act and seased for the quene xxx s.
Receyved of the 11 Streaches and Bowldry of Walden for
clothes forfeyted x s.
Receyved of the Wardens of the Pewterers for pewter
forfeited viii s. iiii d.
Receyved of Smythe Twyffyn and Hadstack for ii s. viii d.
Receyved of Mr Coxe of Brystow for viii peces xl s.
Receyved of Mr. Chambers Habberdasher for a ... cappe sold
Receyved of Mr. Kytchyn Goldsmith for byeinge of x s.
Receyved of Mr. Hamlett for mattresses forfeyted v s.
Receyved of Geo. Alys for the lyke v s.
At the bottom of the page, in a different handwriting are the three
following items of disbursement:
_Item_, for the women for the sewing ii _s._
_Item_, paid Wyllm Grange for a cappe ii _s._ iiii _d._
_Item_, for our chargys at the fayre x _s._
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