Monument record 459/3 - Fawsley Medieval Market

{1} Records of a 1224 grant changing the market day from Sunday to Thursday to the lord of the manor for life.
The origin of the market is uncertain. It is another late Saxon royal hundredal manor, like Corby, which had a market with no foundation grant recorded. This may mean that the market developed out of the administrative functions of the hundredal manor. However, as with Corby, it lies in a woodland area and not in the heartland of agricultural prosperity where the documented early markets lay and where the most successful later markets are found.
It is possible that evidence relating to commercial activity, including the location and character of any market place may be recovered in such investigation but there is no clear justification for investigation of the site to study the marketing functions in their own right.

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

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Nov 6 2012 7:22PM