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Walter of Horsington, John of Inmere, John of Hampstede, John 
of Burton, John Hodel, William Winking, Adam the’ Taylor, 
Robert of the Leigh, Walter Radel, William Gomme, Roger 
Martin, Walter Stedman, William Hitch, Adam Henton, Julia 
Galye, Thomas Harding, John Harding, Robert Artur, William 
Smith, Walter Carpenter, John Flingere, John and Matilda Caxton, 
Humphrey Hatch, William Bellamy, Richard Hatchwolf, William 
and John at the Green, Henry in the open Field, William of the 
Marsh, William and Robert at the Ash Tree, Walter and Alicia of 
the Spring, Reginald below the Water, Roger at the Brook, John 
the Hunter, John the Hayward, John the Shepherd, Osbert the 
Tanner, Roger the Wayte, William the Potter, William the Palmer, 
Edith the Mercier, Adam the Tukere, Eustace of Burton, Henry 
of Pimperleigh, Roger Aylward, William Ingram, John Goodricke, 
John Derry, Robert of the Conwich, Peter Brekebut, Stephen 
Solely. 
In 1899 the men and tenants of the castle and lordship of Marey 
in the county of Wilts, being of the ancient demesne of the crown, 
were confirmed in the privilege of exemption from toll throughout 
the whole kingdom of England “as they ought and had hitherto 
been accustomed to be.”” In 1408 King Henry IV. granted to his 
son, Henry, Prince of Wales, that he and his heirs should have 
two fairs yearly in the town of Mere in the county of Wilts, one 
on the eve and day of St. John ante portam Latinam (May 6th), 
to continue for six succéssive days—(this was the origin of the 
fair now held May 17th, which would correspond to May 6th, old 
style; Sir Richard Hoare has, in his Modern Wiltshire, fallen into 
the error of putting St. John’s Day as the day of St. John the 
Baptist, June 24th, and therefore concludes that this fair is 
abolished)—; and the other on the eve and day of St. Bartholomew, 
August 24th, to continue for six days successively following; and 
also one market weekly, to be holden on Wednesday; together 
with all franchises, commodities, and liberties, to the said. fairs 
and market belonging, for ever. This second fair has ceased to 
exist, and the present generation has no knowledge of. its ever 
having been kept up. There is no record stating when the market 
