County: Hampshire
Code: D3043
Reference: Winchester, Hampshire Record Office: W/A2/9
Function: Agreement
This Endenture witnesseth that where debate was betwene William by the soefferaunce of god Bisshop of [...] On the one partie and the Maire and the
Commune of
the Citee of wynchestre on the other partie vpponn the Fraunchises and the Custumes of the Faire of saint Gile that is [...] where the said Bisshop owght
to haue and he
and his predecessours han hadde from tyme that no mynde renneth the keping of the Citee of wynchestre beforesaid xvj dayes with the Trone and alle the profites
and Custumes as to take amendes of Bred and ale and alle other~ maner~ mesures that is to sey as to take [...] Galons and alle other mesures and weyghtes
and to bere thaim to the Pavilonn and there to make assay by the sight of . iiij good persones of the Citee and there [...] the evit and to delyuer ayen the good and
that the people of the Citee aforesaid sholde come to the Pavilon to presente crie vered and blode shedde and alle other thinges towching the pees of oure Lord the
king~ and there to haue knowlege of alle maner~ plees towching the Citee aftre the vsages of the said Citee hadde and vsed in the tyme of the said Faire with alle other~
rightes and custumes that is to sey the day of the vigile of saint Gile by . xvj . dayes to endure . And the Maire and the Comune aforesaid in partie han distourbid
the said Bisshop at his Faire of saint Gile laste passed in his said Fraunchises and Custumes . They benn accorded in fourme that folewithe that the said Maire
and Commune knowlegenn the said distourbance and the said Maire and Commune makenn covenaunte and grauntenn that by thaim ne thaire successours the said Bisshop
ne his successours shal not be fro hens forthward distourbid to haue the keping~ of the said Citee and the Custumes abouesaid and alle other profites towching the
said Faire and the right of his chirche duryng~ the . xvj . dayes aforesaid in the maner~ that he and his predecessours hann hadde and vsed afore this day and þe said
Bisshop~
for hym and his successours makethe covenaunte remittethe and pardonethe the forsaid offence to the Mayre and Comune afore rehersed Jn witnesse of whiche thinge
to the one parte of this endenture remaynyng~ anenste the said Bisshop the said Maire and Commune hann putte thaire Comynn Sealle to the other parte of this said
endenture remaynyng anenste the said Maire and Commune the said Bisshop hath putte his Sealle Yeovenn atte wynchestre the thridde day of Juyl the yere of
grace . Mle-.-CCCC-lj . and of the Reigne of king~ harry the . vjthe . aftre the Conqueste . xxixe ⸫