County: Middlesex
Code: D4674#1
Reference: London, Guildhall Library: MS 5440, fol. 19r
Function: Note




[line 13]Be hyt remembry that ín the tyme of Joh Mıcheỻ Meyre of london / Joh Seman  Joħn atte
wat þe same tyme beynge Chereves þat ys to wete Jn þe ȝere of þe regne of kynge herry the Sexte
aft þe cōquest the ııȷde · / The sayde Joħn Seman and Joh at the water Chereves / deden an
haunce and heyne þe Tolle at the gates of londo be x · l / heyer thanne ıt was wone to be byfo
þat tyme / as men seyden / wervpo Thomas goodyng Brewe and Cytyȝen of londo Fraunchyse man
ha comȳg n Malte and oþer þynges at Bysshopısgate / vpo foreín hors wer whervpo the tolle
at that place beynge streyne for the tolle of tho maltes / A quart of malte wytħ an haltre And vp
o þat / ‸ þe same Thomᷓs goodyng wente and compleyne hym to þe Maystres of þe crafte / where vpo
þe Maystres wente to þe Meı and compleyne hem on ín þys wyse /  seyde þat no fremane
of londo schuld pay nō tolle by ol record / that hatħ be graunted be ol tyme And þe
vpo þe mey seı that no freman for hıs Marchaundıses caryın vpo hıs owne hors or carte /
schul paye no tolle · but þat we le by a foreyneres the foreynere schul paye / where vpo þe
forseyde Maystres sey þat be he forseyd graunte of kynges / þat haue be he before / þat
by Shıppes botes hors  Cartes ther schul no Frem of londo paye no tolle by wat ne lon /
And vpo þys the sayde Mey comaunded to Joh Carpent þe como Clerk of þe gyllde haỻ
to loke þe record owte þe recor ín þe haỻ ȝyf þere were ony sweche ordenaunse / and þere vpo
he de‸de so and come aȝen to þe Mey / and seıde þe was no ín þe boke of recor / but ‸ yn alytyỻ
quayer be syde · þe wheche stode for nō recor And þe vpo þe Mey bad he go ho tyỻ
he sent for hem
Jt was sey and telde be dıuse [...] ꝑsones þat þe was apanye wytħ appulus the qweche
was sent for a present and þerfore he toke to tolle an oƀ