Monument record 305/4 - Thorpe Mandeville Market

1281 grant of Friday market and annual fair. Not mentioned by the early 14th century.

{1}1281 grant of Friday market and annual fair for life of lord of manor. Not apparently renewed to succeeding lords.
Not recorded in 1330 and not mentioned in the 1334-5 extent.

In 1282 Richard de Mandeville had a grant for life of a weekly market and annual fair at his manor of Thorpe. In 1289-90 Richard de Mandeville sold the manor to Richard Whitacre, and there is no evidence of these rights being renewed to succeeding lords. The 1330 Quo Warranto proceedings concerning Whitacre’s manor makes no reference to a market in the village nor is one mentioned in the 1334-5 extent of the manor. Hence if the market functioned at all it is likely to have been for no longer than 8 years.

The documentary record of the settlement is not particularly good and no evidence exists in the plan form for the existence of a market place. The site was therefore not examined in more detail as part of the EUS.

{2} The market and fair were generally held in the field near the church called the Ox Field, or Yeard.

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

<2> Unknown, 1896, A History of The Parish of Thorpe Mandeville, (checked) (Chapter). SNN55175.

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Oct 12 2023 11:23AM