1194. _Charter of Richard I. to the citizens of Lincoln._

... This too we have granted that all citizens of Lincoln be quit of

toll and lastage throughout all England and in the seaports.

Stubbs, _Select Charters_, 266.

1200. _Charter of John to the citizens of York confirming a grant by

Richard I._

... Know moreover that we have granted and by this charter have

confirmed to our citizens of York quittance of any toll, lastage,

wrec,[8] pontage, passage, or trespass, and of all customs, throughout

England and Normandy and Aquitaine and Anjou and Poitou. Wherefore we

will and straitly command that they be thereof quit, and we forbid that

any disturb them in the matter, on pain of the forfeiture of £10, as is

reasonably testified in the charter of our brother Richard.

Stubbs, _Select Charters_, 312.

[8] The liability of shipwrecked goods to be forfeit to the

king, or the local holder, other than the king, of the right

of wreck.

_The Great Value of the Market of Retford._

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