| Description | 1212, John, Charter; 1305, Edward I, Confirmation and duplicate; 1348, Edward III, 2nd Confirmation and duplicate; 1379, Richard II, 3rd Confirmation and duplicate; 1381, Richard II, certain privileges specified; 1381, Richard II, privileges specifically stated and enlarged; 1392, Richard II, Charter giving further privileges; 1392, Richard II, forfeiture of goods of felons and fugitives; 1401, Henry IV, first confirmation of 1392 Charter; 1401, Henry IV, showing that Godmanchester was anciently a royal manor; 1415, Henry V, second confirmation of 1392; 1418, Henry V, exemption from toll; 1464, Edward IV, confirmation of privileges of tenants of the Duchy of Lancaster; 1510, Henry VIII, 3rd confirmation of 1392 Charter; 1548, Edward VI, 4th confirmation of 1392 Charter; 1554, Queen Mary, 5th confirmation of 1392 Charter; Queen Elizabeth, 6th confirmation of 1392 Charter; 1604, James I, Manor of Godmanchester constituted a Free Borough; 1615, James I, a consolidated edition of the customs of the manor; 1685, James II, Charter; Decrees out of the Court of the Duchy of Lancaster: 1524, Henry VIII, judgement v the Abbot of Ramsey who had dammed the Ouse and caused flooding; 1553, Mary, the right to devise property in fee-simple; 1563, Elizabeth, illegal levying of tolls on inhabitants of Godmanchester; 1578, Elizabeth; 1517, certificate of disfranchisement; 1578, indenture - fishing rights; 1664, indenture - grant of swan mark. |