Charter of 1 Richard I granting freedoms to Merchant Guild

Reference Number: BC/1/1/1/1
Level of Description: Item
Title: Charter of 1 Richard I granting freedoms to Merchant Guild
Date: 07 December 1189
Extent: Extent: 1 item
Description: Charter to the Merchant Guild of Bath granting them the same rights as the Merchant Guild of Winchester. These include acquittance and freedom from toll, passage, lastage and other customs for their merchant goods. Interference with the Guild or its goods carried a penalty of £10.

Language: Latin

Physical Description:
A small blank space is left at the start of the text for the initial ‘R’ in ‘[R]icardus’.

Width 15cm x height 18cm.

Seal:
The Great Seal is pendent by cords. It is worn and the legend is no longer legible.