Monument record 1189/7 - All Saints Market

{1} In 1349 a market was established in the other lordship, of Barnwell All Saints, and although it did function until at least 1378, it had been founded in a period of economic recession and probably failed well before the end of the century.

There is no evidence of a market in Barnwell All Saints in the 13th century for the extent of 1280-1 makes no reference to any market income. In 1349 John de Ravensholme received a grant of a weekly market on a Friday and a fair on the feast of St. Luke?s the evangelist. This market clearly functioned, despite the untimely date of its grant, in the year after the Black Death reached England, for in 1378 there is record of a complaint by Simon de Ashele that John Went and others broke his newly erected stall (seldam) at Barnwell, took away 3 horses and other things including money and assaulted his servants. This is the second case of a market which was soon to fail being the subject of attack, the other being Geddington.

<1> Taylor J.; Foard G.; Ballinger J., 2002, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Overview, Appendix 2 (unchecked) (Report). SNN103118.

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