Winchcombe

Market Charter, 7 April 1575

The Market Charter, granted by Elizabeth I,  is an extremely well-preserved document and a section, taken from Emma Dent's Annals of Winchombe and Sudeley (1887) is reproduced below.  The beautiful Latin original, which was written entirely in gold, can be viewed at  Gloucestershire Record Office - please quote reference D1675 1/7.  They have also supplied a translation, a copy of which I have reproduced

Page last updated:  13 November 1999

Copyright Rosemary Shipsey, 1999