1375-06-08, Westminster

Inspeximus and confirmation to the burgesses of Tenby of a charter of Laurence de Hastynges, late earl of Pembroke and lord of Wexford and Bergeveny, dated at Pembroke, 27 February, 16 Edward III, and witnessed by Sirs Hugh de Hastynges, Randolf de Hastynges, William de Hastynges, Thomas West, Oliver de Cervyngton, steward of his lands, knights, John de Bereford, steward of Pembroke and sheriff, Richard de Stakepole, Robert de Rupe, Owen ap Oweyn, John Joce, William Malenfant, Adam de Bocketon, clerk, and others, inspecting and confirming with additions a charter of Aymer de Valencia, earl of Pembroke and lord of Wexford and Montignac, dated in his manor of Wynneferthyng in Norfolk, 24 April, 16 Edward II, and witnessed by Sirs Constantine de Mortuo Mari, John de Nevill, steward of his lands, Richard de Monte Caniso, Robert Bendyn, Richard Symond, steward of Pembroke, Richard Stakepole, John Joce, knights, William Godman, sheriff of Pembroke, Walter Malenfant, Walter de Castro, Thomas de Castro Goderici, clerk, and others, inspecting and confirming with additions a charter of William de Valencia, earl of Pembroke, his father, and Joan the countess, his mother, witnessed by Roger de Woldesef, master of Slebech, Sirs Stephen de LEdworth, steward of Pembroke, Robert de Valle, Ti Paer L 115 de Vilers, Randolf Gacelyn, Edmund Gacelyn and Gilbert de knights, Walter Malefant, Robert de Crippyng, John de Castro, Joce, John Beneger, Roger le Clere and others, granting to the said quittance of stallage, passage, toll, lastage, murage and pertaining to him or his heirs, carriage, reaping and binding lands and meadows, all other labours pertaining to his mills, or lands, and of all wards of castles and mills except of their will; exempting them from leaving their town for the army service except for such distance that they can return in the day before dark; granting them commons for their cattle on lands and meadows in Tenby after the reaping of harvest and until the Purification ; granting them licence to distrain clear debts upon pledge or principal debtor for as far as their lands extend, and to elect two pairs of reeves yearly for the use without election of any other bailiff, who shall be subject labours except holding the hundred court, taxing the fine of if it be incurred, collecting the lord's rent for the burgages and the town and port, and the prise of beer-brewers (pandexatoribus), of 12 bushells of malt, wheat and oats 4d., and of a moiety 2d., of a tun of honey 4d., and of 4 tun 2d. ; and granting that if a burgess his chattels shall be safe and his heir may enter into his by relief of 12d., and that the burgesses shall do no suit unless they be impleaded by writ, and that if a burgess be he shall not be taken farther than the gate of the castle of if he can find pledges, except for a felony for which he should life or limb; saving always to himself and his heirs their prises from every ship putting in there and other accustomed prises : granting also, as far as in him lies, that there shall be a fair (feyra) year for three days in the said town, to wit, on the Assumption the two days following. By fine of 20s. paid in the hanaper.