Monument record 3340/4 - Medieval & Post Medieval Fair

{1} A Wednesday market and annual fair, held on the eve of Holy Trinity and 2 days thereafter, were granted in 1314 to John de Hastings in his manor of Yardele. Although the extents of 1324-5 and 1334 and the Quop Warranto proceedings of 1330 do not record the presence of a market and fair in Yardley, the extent of 1348-9 records that the toll of the market, held by the Mortimers, was worth 54/- per annum with the toll worth 3/4d. The market presumably decayed in the second half of the century, following the Black Death. In contrast, the fair was still held on the Tuesday after Whitsun as late as 1720, when it was held in a close adjacent to the manor house.

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

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