Tynemouth, fair

HER Number:
13531

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, fair

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Fair

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In 1304 the prior of Tynemouth used the opportunity of Queen Margaret, second wife of Edward I, staying at the priory, to obtain a royal charter for a fair at Tynemouth. This was revoked the following year on the grounds that it was detrimental to trade at Newcastle.

Easting:
371

Northing:
693

Grid Reference:
NZ371693

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Constance M. Fraser, 2009, The Economic Growth of Newcastle upon Tyne 1150-1536 in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 44; W. Page (ed), 1891, Three early assize rolls for the county of Northumberland, Surtees Society, vol. 88 (1891), pp. 162-3; Rotuli Parliamentorum, vol. 1, p. 26; Northumberland County History, vol. 8, pp. 286-8; Calendar of Charter Rolls 1300-26, p. 46