ABSTRACT

Origin of the customs. Their confirmation and limitation by Magna Carta. Quasi-parliamentary grant of the customs on wool, woolfells, and leather in 1275. The maletoute. It is suppressed by Confirmatio Cartarum in 1297. The antiqua custuma of 1275 are recognised. Commutation of prisage on wine of the foreign merchants for butlerage and the nova custuma in 1302. Refusal of the native merchants to commute.