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and of the inhabitants of the said town of our especial grace and of our certain 

 knowledge and meer motion have given and granted and by these presents for 

 us our heirs and successors do give and grant to the said George Earl of Cumber- 

 land his heirs and assigns full free and lawful licence power and authority that 

 he the said Earl his heirs and assigns may from henceforth for ever have hold 

 and keep and may and shall be able to have hold and keep within the said town 

 of Kirkby Stephen for the support and reUef of the poor inhabitants of the 

 said town for the time being for ever hereafter one market on every Monday 

 in every week throughout the year and two fadrs or marts there to be holden 

 in every year for ever the first of the said two marts to begin yearly on Wednesday 

 next after the Feast of Whitsuntide and to continue throughout the whole of 

 that day and throughout the Thursday and Friday then next following And 

 the other of the said two fairs or marts to be holden in every year for ever through- 

 out the two days next preceding the Feast Day of St. Luke the Evangelist and 

 to continue throughout the said Feast Day of St. Luke together with a Court 

 of Pie Poudre and v\dth all and all manner of tolls tollage customs rights juris- 

 dictions profits commodities and emoluments whatsoever to such like market 

 fairs marts and court of Pie Poudre appertaining or belonging to that the afore- 

 said market fairs or marts near adjacent And so that the aforesaid market 

 fairs or marts in the said Letters Patent of the said Lord Edward the Third 

 late King of England mentioned shall never hereafter be holden or kept in the 

 said town but the same shall be wholly abolished and discontinued for ever 

 Wherefore we will and by these presents for us our heirs and successors do firmly 

 order and command that the said George Earl of Cumberland and his heirs may 

 from henceforth for ever have hold enjoy and keep within the said town of 

 Kirkby Stephen aforesaid the aforesaid market and the aforesaid two fairs or 

 marts above in these our Letters Patent so granted as aforesaid to be holden 

 in every year for ever together with a Court of Pie Poudre and all tolls tollage 

 customs rights jurisdictions profits commodities and emoluments whatsoever to 

 such like markets fairs or marts and court of Pie Poudre appertaining belonging 

 appendant or of right accustomed And this without the molestation disturbance 

 or contradiction of us our heirs or successors We will also and by these presents 

 do for us our heirs and successors grant to the aforesaid George Earl of Cumber- 

 land his heirs and assigns that these our Letters Patent or the inrolment thereof 

 shall be in and by all things firm valid good sufficient and effectual in law according 

 to the time intent thereof without any writ of ad quod damnum or any other 

 writs mandates or warrants of us or our heirs or successors to be therefore in 

 any manner made sued or prosecuted any statute act ordinance or proviso to 

 the contrary thereof heretofore enacted made ordained or provided or any other 

 thing cause or matter whatsoever in any wise notwithstanding 



In witness thereof &c 



Witness The King at Westminster the tenth day of May i6o6 — By Writ of 



Privy Seal. 



