EDWARD I.'S GREAT CHARTER ad. 



1303- 

 times of our progenitors, they have used and enjoyed. 

 Neither will we inforce them beyond these liberties and ^ote the 

 free customes, nor in any wise permit them to be in- ^^^^f«^^^^- 

 forced. In witnesse whereof, wee have caused these 

 our letters to be made patents. 



Mandatum regis Edv^ardi primi de mercatoribus [l. 133.] 

 alienigenis. 



MErcatores extranei vendant mercimonia sua in 

 civitate London &c. infra quadraginta dies post 

 ingressum suum, anno 3. Edwardi primi. 



The same in English. 



A mandate of king Edward the first concerning 

 outlandish marchants. 



WE will and command that outlandish marchants 

 doe sel their wares in the citie of London &c. 

 within forty dayes of their arrivall. 



The great Charter granted unto forreine mar- 

 chants by king Edward the first, in the 31 

 yeare of his reigne commonly called Carta 

 mercatoria, Anno Domini 1303. 



Dwardus Dei gratia Rex Angliae, Dominus 

 Hiberniae, dux Aquitaniae, Archiepiscopis, 

 Episcopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Comiti- 

 bus, Baronibus, Justitiariis, Vicecomiti- 

 bus, pra^positis, ministris, & omnibus 

 ballivis & fidelibus suis salutem. Circa 

 bonum statum omnium mercatorum sub- 

 scriptorum regnorum, terrarum, & provinciarum, vide- 

 licet Alemanniae, Franciae, Hispaniae, Portugalliae, 

 Navarrae, Lombardias, Thusciae, Provincial, Cataloniae, 

 ducatus nostri Aquitaniae, Tholosaniae, Caturluni, Flan- 

 driae, Brabantiae, & omnium aliarum terrarum & 

 locorum extraneorum, quocunque nomine censeantur, 

 venientium in regnum nostrum Angliae & ibidem 



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