740 Charles Gross Kells, c. 1210: Charter Hibcrniw, 16. Kilkenny, 1202-1210: ibid., 34. Knutsford, f. 1292: Ormerod, Chester, second ed., I. 489. Leeds, 1208: Wardell, Leeds, app., p. iv. Leek, c. 1214: Sleigh, Leek, 16. Macclesfield, 1261 : Earwaker, East Cheshire, II. 460. Newport (Monmouthshire), 1385: Archaologia, XLVIIL 440. Okehampton, before 1162: Bridges, Okehampton, new ed., 160. Pontefract, 1194: Hist. MSS. Com., VIIL 269. Salford, c. 1230: Tait, Manchester, 67. Scarborough, 1253: Cal. of Charter Rolls, 1. 417. Shrewsbury, 1205 : Rotitli Chartarum, 142. Stockport, c. 1260: Tait, Manchester, 66-67. Thomastown, c. 1210: Borough Customs, ed. Bateson, IL 93. Warton, 1246-1271 : English Hist. Rev., XVIL 294. Wells, 1174-1180: Archaologia, L. 351; cf. ibid., LL 103. Wexford, 1317: Chartce Hibernice, 47. In most of these charters the burgesses are granted power " to give, sell, and pledge " or " to give, sell, and bequeath " their lands, houses, or burgages' except to monks (e.rceptis z'iris rcligiosis or exceptis domibus religiosis or nisi in religionem or nisi religioni). In the charters of Agardsley, Bolton, Burton, Chard, and Stock- port the Jews are also excepted. At Warton the exception covers " religious men, clerics, and Jews "' ; at Chard, " religious houses or churches "." At Cambridge and Newport the burgesses are al- lowed to bequeath lands and tenements except " in mortmain ". At Chard and Wells burgages could be alienated to the monks with the consent of the lord of the town (the bishop of Bath and Wells) ; at Scarborough, with the consent of " the community " of the bor- ough. The charter granted to Shrewsbury contains a direct pro- hibition : " quod nullus burgensis aliquod tenementum det domui religiose ad detrimentum servicii nostri ". This and the grants to Cambridge and Scarborough are the only ro}al charters in our list ; ^ the others were granted by barons or prelates.^ The information contained in these charters is supplemented by ' Rents are also mentioned in the grants of Chard, Newport and Scarborough. ' The " chief lord " of the fief is also excepted in the charters of Knutsford and Stockport. s The king was less liable to sustain loss through gifts in mortmain than other lords, because most of the royal boroughs had tiniw burgi.
- The grants of Chard and Wells were made by the bishop of Bath and Wells ;
that of Burton by an abbot ; the other charters in the list emanate from baronial lords. The charter of Burton bestows power of alienation " exceptis omnibus viris religiosis aliis a domo nostra de Burthon ".
