County: Hampshire
Code: D3058
Reference: Winchester, Hampshire Record Office, W/A3/1, sample
Function: Ordinance
Þese ben þe olde vsages of þe Cite of wynchestre þat haueþ be y-vsed in 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
hit be y-lad by-þinne þe power of þe towne to selle / þe kynges
by whas wyȝte hit be y-weye and wych fraunchyse þt it be and whos
good þt hit be And ȝif þer is eny pryue oþer straunge þat to þe wyȝte shal
and be hit hele ouer o nyȝt he is in þe kynges mercy vp on þe quan-
tyte of þat mysdede ⸫
Also whan gaderyng~ shal be a-rered in þe Citee by þe kynges heste
oþer for commune nedes of þe towne sexe gode men shulde be y-chose
by þe commune grauntynge and y-swore þre of þe foure and twenty and þre
of þe commune to gadery þilke talage & vndurfonge and trewleche hit spen
de and trewleche a-countes ȝelde ¶And whanne Mayre oþer baylyues oþer
oþere gode men goþ out of towne for commune profyȝt vp on þe commune
porse so þey sholde at here a-ȝe comyng~ ȝelde trewe a-counte to þilke
sexe a-fore-seyd by-þowte taryȝynge ¶ And ȝif eny good man of þe
town leiþ his good to þe commune nede of þe town by þe hondes of þese
sexe y-swore by-fore y-seyd / be y-lened by skore oþer by þilke solue
y-ȝolde ⸫
Also whanne me porveyde gylde chaffare me shal by commune a-sent
by þe maystres of þe towne a-spyȝe folkes þt be couenable & of good
loos and gadere þat rþȝte of chepmen ¶ And þat euerych of hem habbe fow-
re hynen stalworthe oþer mo and þelke þt beþ y-herberwed in foure houses
as hij ouȝte to be in alle tymes ¶ And whanne me haþ wel trewe y-chaf-
fared in þe fowre howses hij shulle hem a-sembly for to y-se þt hij hab-
beþ a-rered and of þan þat hij mowe a-rere / And ȝif þt eny-þng~ ys
mysdonn by commune assent þat hit be a-mended ¶ And ȝif eny hows is more
worþ þan an oþer be hit y-charched to hys worþy and þat seluer þt shal
be a-rered of þilke hows by-fore y-seyd be y-take to sexe gode men by-
fore y-seyd y-chose & y-swore for þe Commune assent and treweleche wetye
and trewleche spende and treweleche a-countes ȝelde to gode men of þe
town twyȝes by þe ȝere by skore oþer 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 is þus // þat euerych cart þt bryngeþ corn to towne to selle an
halfpeny of custome as many tyme as he comeþ & þe horsecharche a
ferthyng~ ⸫
Also euerych cart þt bryngeþ yre oþer steel twey pans / an horse charche a peny
Also a cart þt bryngeþ newe sadeles to carye by strete oþer by lanes
corden oþer tray shal of custome thew pans an horse charche a peny ⸫
Also euerych cart þt ledeþ mylle-stones fowre pans / And euerych
cart þt bereþ tyn oþer led to selle fowre pans / and for an horse charche twey pans ⸫
Also tonnes & barelles þt cumeþ in carte sholde custome a peny / an horselode an halpeny ⸫
Also euerych cart þt bereþ y-tanned leþer to selle shal twey an horse
charche a peny ⸫
Also euerych 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 euerych soutere þt wonyeþ in þe Citee þt halt shoppe shal to þe
kyng~ by custome sex pans by þe ȝere & þo þe clerkes a peny for to
enrolly hys name þey he ne come but ones a ȝer ⸫