County: Middlesex
Code: D4674#1
Reference: London, Guildhall Library: MS 5440, fol. 19r
Function: Note
[line 13]Be hyt remembryd that in the tyme of John Michelle Meyre of london / John Seman & John atte
water þe same tyme beynge Chereves þat ys to wete Jn þe ȝere of þe regne of kynge herry the Sexte
after þe conquest the iijde . / The sayde John Seman and John at the water Chereves / deden an-
haunce and heyne þe Tolle at the gates of london̕ be x . li̕ / heyerr̕ thanne it was woned to be byfor̕
þat tyme / as men seyden / wervpon̕ Thomas goodyng Brewer̕ and Cytyȝen of london̕ Fraunchysed man
had comyng jn Malte and oþer þynges at Bysshopisgate / vpon̕ forein hors werr̕ whervpon̕ the toller̕
at that place beynge streyned for the tolle of tho maltes / A quarter of malte wythe an haltre And vp-
on̕ þat / ∧ þe same Thomas goodyng wente and compleyned hym to þe Maystres of þe crafte / where-vpon̕
þe Maystres wenten̕ to þe Meir̕ and compleyned hem on in þys wyse / & seyden̕ þat no fremane
of london̕ schulde̕ paye̕ non tolle by old record / that hathe be graunted be old tyme And þer̕-
vpon̕ þe meyr̕ seid that no freman for his Marchaundises carying̕ vpon̕ his owne hors or carte /
schuld paye no tolle . but þat wer̕ led by a foreyneres the foreynere schuld paye / where-vpon̕ þe
forseyde Maystres seyd þat be her̕ forseyd graunte of kynges / þat haue ben̕ her̕ before / þat
by Shippes botes hors & Cartes ther schuld no Frema̕ of london̕ paye no tolle by water ne lond /
And vpon̕ þys the sayde Meyr̕ comaunded to John Carpenter þe comon̕ Clerk of þe gyllde halle
to loke þe record owte þe record in þe halle ȝyf þere were ony sweche ordenaunse / and þere-vpon̕
he de∧de so and come aȝen to þe Meyr̕ / and seide þer̕ was non̕ in þe boke of record / but ∧ yn a lytylle
quayer be-syde . þe wheche stode for non record And þer̕-vpon̕ þe Meyr̕ bad hem̕ gon̕ hom̕ tylle
he sent for hem
Jt was seyd and telde be diuerse [...] persones þat þer̕ was a panyer̕ wythe appulus the qweche
was sent for a present and þerfore he toke to tolle an ober