Worcestershire

659 Grant by Adam son of Peter and Roger of Oxford, reeves of Worcester, and the whole community of the city of Worcester that Abbot Adam [of Lathbury] and the convent of Reading and their successors, and their men and tenants and their heirs throughout England, shall have free entry and exit at Worcester and freedom to buy and sell without toll and demand [etc.], free of all pleas, plaints [etc.] and amercements, both in and out of fairs, with all the liberties granted to them by Kings Henry I, Henry II, John and Henry III. They have made this grant on account of the unjust demands which they made on the abbot and his men, concerning which the reeves and community were impleaded before the justices-in-eyre at Worcester, 10 Henry III[c. 12 × 26 July 1235]Af 102v; Ef 95r–vPd. Mon. Aug., iv. 57 (no. x)Sciant presentes et futuri quod nos Adam filius Petri et Rog(erus) de Oxon(efordia), prepositi Wigorn(ie), Robertus Neel, Aluredus le Draper, Johannes Cumin, Petrus Colle, Johannes Franceis, Willelmus Franceis, Ricardus clericus, Robertus de Sancto Godewelle, Rad(ulfus) Cumpainun, Alexander le Draper, Albinus Franceis, Ricardus de Bureford, Johannes Pricht, Ricardus Cumin, Rog(erus) Cumin, Walt(erus) Rup, Nicholaus Andr(eas), Galfridus le Peet, Willelmus Rokulf, Walt(erus) de Wigemor', Walt(erus) Burewald, Johannes Cradan, Walt(erus) le Bufle, Aluredus tinctor, Johannes Bricht, Osbertus Claudus, Johannes Albinus, Walt(erus) Kinterel et tota communa civitatis Wigorn(ie), assensu et voluntate eiusdem commune, concessimus pro nobis et heredibus nostris et hac presenti carta nostra confirmavimus Ade abbati Rading(ensi) et conventui eiusdem loci et eorum successoribus et ecclesie de Rading(ia) et omnibus hominibus et tenentibus eiusdem domus et eorum heredibus de quacumque patria Angl(ie) fuerint in perpetuum quod habeant liberum introitum et exitum in villa nostra Wigorn(ie) et in omni potestate nostra quotienscumque et quandocumque venerint, et libere vendant et emant omnimodas mercandisas et libere venalia sua descendant ubicumque et quandocumque voluerint ad placitum suum infra Bohale et extra quieti de omni genere theolonei et demande et passagiis et stallagiis et pontagiis et de omni genere clausure et de omnibus placitis et querelis, occasionibus et sectis et de omnibus amerciamentis infra nundinas et extra et de omnibus vexationibus, cum omnibus libertatibus quas reges Angl(ie), videlicet rex Henricus fundator ecclesie de Rading(ia) et rex Henricus secundus et rex Johannes filius regis Henrici et rex Henricus filius regis Johannis, eis dederunt. Hanc concessionem fecimus propter iniustam vexationem quam fecimus dicto abbati et hominibus suis contra libertates cartarum suarum, unde inplacitati fuimus coram domino Willelmo de Eboraco, abbate de Teukebir(ia), Willelmo de Insula, Rad(ulfo) de Norwiz, Mauricio le Butiler, justic(iariis) domini regis tune itinerantibus apud Wigorn(iam), anno regni regis Henrici filii regis Johannis nonodecimo. Et quia volumus quod predicta concessio a nobis et heredibus nostris dicto abbati et hominibus suis et eorum heredibus sine omni vexatione et inpedimento rata et stabilis sicut supradictum est in perpetuum permaneat, commune sigillum civitatis nostre huic scripto apposuimus. Hiis testibus: domino Waltero de Bello Campo, Yvone de Bello Campo.