A General Introduction to Domesday Book; Accompanied by Indexes of the Tenants in Chief and Under Tenants, at the Time of the Survey (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 Excerpt: ...in the language of the Domesday Survey, was not merely the liberty of buying and selling, or keeping a market; it also signified the customary dues or rents paid to the Lord of a Manor for his profits of the Fair or Market,4 as well as a tribute or custom for passage.6 In the very first page of the Survey, the burgesses 1 Wilkins, Leg. Anglo-Sax. p. 229. LL. W. Conq. 61. Domesd. tom.ii. fol. 418. s Wilkins, Leg. Anglo-Sax. p. 202. LL. Edw. Conf. 24. 4 Kennett, Gloss. Par. Antiq. Edmund Earl of Cornwall granted to the Rector and Bonhommes of Asherugge and their Tenants " ut in omnibus burgis et villatis nostris et etiam in singulis nundinis et mercatis nostris libere valeant emere et vendere omnes mercandisas absque ullo theloneo sen stallagio." - See Bracton. lib. ii. cap. 24. 3. So MS. Cotton. Galba E. iv. - Toln. Quite de ton doner." of Dover are represented in the time of King Principal Edward to have been free of toll through in this Record. England. "Quicunq manens in villa assiduus. 4. Territorial reddebat regi cosuetudine quietus erat de " " theloneo tota Anglia." Under Cedeorde in----Gloucestershire, Wlward9, who held it in the same reign, is said to have received, "Theloneu saiqd veniebat ad aula."1 At Lestone inBedfordshire, we have, "Theloneu de Mercato redd, vn. lib."2 Under Northwich in Cheshire, it is said, "Quisq's ex alia scira carru adducebat . n. b b3 aut cu pi 3 dabat de theloneo. iin. denar."3 Among the Clamores in Lincolnshire, several cases occur of the exaction of Tolls unknown in the time of King Edward. Among those of the North Riding of the County, ...