County: Hampshire
Code: D3058
Reference: Winchester, Hampshire Record Office, W/A3/1, sample
Function: Ordinance




Þese ben þe olde vsages of þe Cıte of wynchestre þat haueþ be y vsed ın þe tyme of
oure elderne beth  sholle be to þe fraunchyse sauy and susteyney ·


ANd doþ to wetynge þt ech manere good þare þe wyȝte by lyþ þat
hıt be y lad by þınne þe power of þe towne to selle / þe kynges
by whas wyȝte hıt be y weye and wych fraunchyse þt ıt be and whos
good þt hıt be And ȝıf þ ıs eny pryue oþ straunge þat to þe wyȝte shal
and be hıt hele ouer o nyȝt he ıs ın þe kynges mercy vp on þe quan
tyte of þat mysdede ⸫
Also whan gaderyn shal be a rered ın þe Cıtee by þe kynges heste
oþer for cōmune nedes of þe towne sexe godemen shulde be y chose
by þe cōmune gᷓuntynge and y swore þre of þe foure and twenty and þre
of þe cōmune to gadery þılke talage  vndurfonge and trewleche hıt spen⸗
de and trewleche a countes ȝelde ¶And whanne Mayre oþ baylyues oþer
oþere godemen goþ out of towne for cōmune ꝓfyȝt vp on þe cōmune
porse so þey sholde at here a ȝe comyn ȝelde trewe a counte to þılke
sexe a fore seyd by þowte taryȝynge ¶ And ȝıf eny good man of þe
town leıþ hıs good to þe cōmune nede of þe town by þe hondes of þese
sexe y swore by fore y seyd / be y lened by skore oþ by þılke solue
y ȝolde ⸫
Also whanne me porveyde gylde chaffare me shal by cōmune a sent
by þe maystres of þe towne a spyȝe folkꝭ þt be couenable  of good
loos and gadere þat rþȝte of chepmen ¶ And þat euych of hem habbe fow
re hynen stalworthe oþ mo and þelke þt beþ y herberwed ın foure houses
as hí ouȝte to be ın alle tymes ¶ And whanne me haþ wel trewe y chaf
fared ın þe fowre howses hıȷ shulle hem a sembly for to y se þt hıȷ hab
beþ a rered and of þan þat hí mowe a rere / And ȝıf þt eny þn ys
mysdon̄ by cōmune assent þat hıt be a mended ¶ And ȝıf eny hows ıs more
worþ þan an oþ be hıt y charched to hys worþy and þat seluer þt shal
be a rered of þılke hows by fore y seyd be y take to sexe godemen by
fore y seyd y chose  y swore for þe Cōmune assent and treweleche wetye
and trewleche spende and treweleche a countes ȝelde to godemen of þe
town twyȝes by þe ȝere by skore oþ by scryt ⸫
Off Gates of þe towne of wynchestre whanne þe baylyues of þe
town shulle nyme of hem þat beþ out of þe fraunchyse and custo⸗
me shulle ıs þus // þat euych cart þt bryngeþ corn to towne to selle an
halfpeny of custome as many tyme as he comeþ  þe horsecharche a
ferthyn ⸫
Also euych cart þt bryngeþ yre oþ steel twey pans / an horse charche a peny
Also a cart þt bryngeþ newe sadeles to carye by strete oþ by lanes
corden oþ tray shal of custome thew pans an horse charche a peny ⸫
Also euych cart þt ledeþ mylle stones fowre pans / And euerych
cart þt bereþ tyn oþ led to selle fowre pans / and for an horse charche twey pans ⸫
Also tonnes  barelles þt cumeþ ín carte sholde custome a peny / an horselode an halpeny ⸫
Also euych cart þt bereþ y tanned leþer to selle shal twey an horse
charche a peny ⸫
Also euych a cart y lade wt maber þt comeþ to selle twey pans an
horse charche a peny ⸫
Also y [sic] cart y lade wt wodeweyen to sale fowre pans an horsechar
che a peny ⸫
Also euych soutere þt wonyeþ ín þe Cıtee þt halt shoppe shal to þe
kyn by custome sex pans by þe ȝere  þo þe clerkꝭ a peny for to
enrolly hys name þey he ne come but ones a ȝer ⸫