Barons of Rye. King and council. The barons of [the Port of] Rye state that the king...

Petitioners

Barons of Rye.

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

The barons of [the Port of] Rye state that the king has granted to them, by his charter, a fair and market in their town, the fair to take place on the eve, day and morrow of the Nativity of Our Lady, but that the people of the country go to sea to fish at that time of year, with the result that the fair is greatly impoverished. They request that their charter might be renewed, allowing them to hold the fair on the eve, day and morrow of the Assumption of Our Lady instead, which would not be to the prejudice of the king or of anyone else.

Nature of endorsement

Coram rege.The king grants it.

Places mentioned

Rye, [Sussex].

For transcript, see p.125 of PRO 31/7/93

• Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. III, Edw I and Edw II, 1300-1326, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.61 (grant of permission for change in date of annual fair of Rye)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.477a, no.98 (full edition of original document)
• The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 1305, autumn parliament, appendix, evidence of business done at this parliament from chancery enrolments and elsewhere, no.10 (summary of references to petition)