| Description (Repository) |
Saturday after the Feast of Translation of St. Thomas the
Martyr [7 July], 27 Edward I. [a.d. 1299], came Walter Russel, "tapyner," Henry Peperwyte,and Reginald de Houghton, citizens of Winchester, and brought a writ addressed to the Mayor and Sheriffs of London commandmg them to permit burgesses of
Winchester to pass with their merchandise without charging
them with pontage dues, in conformity with the terms of the
charter granted to Winchester. Dated Stibbenhethe, 6 May,
27 Edward I. [a.d. 1299]. Thereupon, after inspection of the
said charter, precept was issued by the Mayor and Sheriffs to
the Wardens of London Bridge to desist from levying pontage
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on merchants of Winchester, and to surrender any distress they
had taken.' |