SPECIAL PRIVILEGES.
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In some cases the king gave his special protection to markets and fairs.
1133. Charter of Henry I. to the Priory of St. Bartholomew, Smithfield.
I give my firm peace to those who come to the fair which is wont to be held on the feast of St. Bartholomew in that place (Smithfield), and to those who go thence; and I command that no royal servant implead them, nor exact from those who come customs, without the consent of the canons, on these three days, on the eve of the feast, on the feastday, and on its morrow.
Printed in Dugdale, Monasticon, VI. 296.
Charter of Henry II. to the burghers of Nottingham.
… Moreover all who come to the market of Nottingham shall not suffer distraint, from Friday evening until Sunday evening, except for the king's farm.
Stubbs, Select Charters, 167.