Description of Bull-Running Custom

TNA: SC 11/606

mb [2]d (15 August)

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...Item est ibidem quedam consuetudo quod histriones venientes ad Nundinas ad festo assumpcionis beate Marie habebunt vnum taurum de Priore de Tuttebury & ipsum citra aquam de domo propinquiorem Tutteburie capere possint uel Prior dabit eis xl d. pro qua quidem consuetudine dabunt domino xx s.

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  • Record Translation

    mb [2]d (15 August)

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    ...Likewise there is a custom there that entertainers coming to the fair at the feast of the Assumption of St Mary will have one bull from the prior of Tutbury, and they can keep him near the stream (or pond) of the house closer to Tutbury, or the prior will give them 40d. For which custom they will give the lord 20s

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  • Document Description

    Record title: Description of Bull-Running Custom
    Repository: TNA
    Shelfmark: SC 11/606
    Repository location: Kew

    1382; parchment; 2 mbs, sewn at top; mb [1]: 560mm x 200mm, mb [2]r: 610mm x 200mm, mb [2]d is pasted onto backing of mb [2]r and is fragmentary: (a) 45mm x 200mm, then a gap (missing area) of 125mm x 200mm (b) 490mm x 200mm (damaged); unnumbered; written on both sides, on mb [1]d writing begins at head of membrane, on mb [2]d at foot; parchment wrapper.

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