Everyday Life in a Northumbrian Manor:
Animating the Manor - Learning Resources
In the Marketplace
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Markets
Markets have long been an important part of communities around the world. They provide an opportunity for trade and income.
For most of the Manorial period, market charters were issued to grant an important nobleman, often the Lord of the Manor, the right for a formal market to be held.
Market charters are often listed in Patent Rolls, Charter Rolls and Close Rolls.
The market charter would include rules such as which days, times, and the frequency of which markets were held. There were also rules about items that could be traded, weights and measures, costs, and taxes.
Activity – The Importance of Markets
- Why were markets important?
- How did markets benefit the Lord of the Manor?
- How did markets benefit tenants?
- Why were market charters important?
Market Documents
Activity – Market Documents
These documents are about the market in the Manor of Hexham.
Spend 5 minutes looking at each document. What does each document tell us about the market or marketplace?
Markets Then and Now
Activity – Then and Now
Use the two images of Hexham marketplace and Google Maps to compare:
- How the marketplace looked then and now.
- What was traded in the marketplace then and now.
- How was transport used in the marketplace then and now.
- How people dress in the market place then and now.
