Tynemouth, fair

HER Number

13531

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, fair

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Fair

Site Type: Specific

Fair

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

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 This was revoked the following year on the grounds that it was detrimental to trade at Newcastle.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

437100

Northing

569300

Grid Reference

NZ437100569300

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