By F. A. Carrington, Esq. 1il 
in cons of 400li- demised to Roger Blagden & Elizabeth his wife above 
named, the Market House standing in the High Street of the said 
Town, with the Toll of cheese, wooll, and other comodities, usually 
sold & to be sold on the Fairs and Markets to be there holden, and all 
benefits and advantages of the said house, to hold for 60 years, &e. 
Nevertheless, the said Market House shall, or may be used and ym- 
ployed for the keeping of the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, 
and other Courts and Sessions as usually have been there kept and 
holden in former times, 
1657. Paid Anthony Burges for work about the pillars of the Market House, 
4s. 6d. 
1664, Paid for the Armes in the Town Hall, 121i 6s. 6d. 
Paid Bartlett his bill for Pewter, 271i. 64. 
1665. Paid for a cheste for ye Pewter, 18s- 
1671. Paid for brass measures, 151i. 11s. 44. 
1673. Reed. for the Market House, (first time since the fire), 40%. Paid for 
two loads of sarazen stones, 8°: 
1678. Paid for work done at the Market House, 411i. 16s- 64. 
1683. Received one whole year’s rent for the Hall, 1104- = Toll and Sheep 
coobs, 48%. 10s: Shambles, 551- 
The Chamberlains’ Books comprehend the period between the 
years 1571 and 1771. 
The Corporation chest contains some earlier documents, viz., 
A Precept, dated 20th June, 11 Henry VII., which, after setting 
forth various privileges and exemptions granted to the Queen 
Consort (Elizabeth), within her Castles, Lordships, Manors, Towns, 
Townships, &c., within the Borough of Marlborough, commands 
that all and singular the liberties and privileges therein enume- 
rated, should be allowed to the Queen in her Town and Lordship 
of Marlborough. 
A similar document, dated 18th March, 3 Henry VIII. Some 
feoffments of Lands in the Borough, to and from different indivi- 
duals, dated as.p. 1379. 1389. 1417. 1429. 1506. 
The books of the Corporation, containing proceedings at the 
different courts held in the Borough, viz., the Courts of Pie Poudre, 
of View of Frankpledge, the Mayor’s Court, and the Court of 
Morning Speech, the latter commencing in a.p. 1502, and having 
an hiatus from 1555 to 1614. 
The Charter of 19th May, 18 Elizabeth, setting forth the Charters 
of 6 John, 13 and 20 Henry III., 9 Henry IV., and the successive 
