Market Town Charters
Legal grants that authorized fairs, tolls, courts, walls, and regulated trade privileges.
Core metadata
- ID: market_town_charters
- Era: Medieval
- First known date: 1250 (decade)
- Region: England and medieval European market jurisdictions
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Markets and fairs (The National Archives, 2026, official_agency) • Supports: node
- Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs to 1516: Full Introduction (Institute of Historical Research, 2026, review) • Supports: node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 2
- Average edge confidence: 72%
- Prerequisite sources: 2
- expert_inference: 2
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilds (guilds) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Guilds provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Bills of Exchange & Early Finance (bills_of_exchange_early_finance) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Bills of Exchange & Early Finance is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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