This volume is a continuation of Adolphus Ballard's study of medieval borough charters, British Borough Charters 1042 1216. After Ballard's death in 1915, completion of his work was undertaken by Professor James Tait, (1862 1944) and first published in 1923. Tait follows Ballard's structure from his previous work and divides this volume into two parts. In the first part Tait analyses a comprehensive collection of borough documents and charters dating from between 1216 and 1307 to examine changes in the development of boroughs, burgage and mercantile privileges, and the effect of the growth in...