Royal Charter to be registered for city’s new market

AN ANCIENT charter is in the process of being registered by Sheffield Council, in order to retain its exclusive market rights ready for when the new market opens in The Moor next month.
Coucillor Leigh Bramall with the Royal Charter and Seal granted by King Edward 1 in 1296Coucillor Leigh Bramall with the Royal Charter and Seal granted by King Edward 1 in 1296
Coucillor Leigh Bramall with the Royal Charter and Seal granted by King Edward 1 in 1296

Granted in 1296 by Edward I, the Royal Charter gives the authority the legal right to establish and operate a market on the Castle Market site, and exclusive market rights within a certain radius.

The charter and rights passed between Lords of the Manor until the charter, the market buildings and land were bought by Sheffield Corporation in 1899 from the Duke of Norfolk for £526,000.

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Coun Leigh Bramall said: “The days of the 1600s when you had to wait until the bell had rung before you could buy corn at the market are long gone, but even today the operation of markets is steeped in tradition.

“By registering the charter it gives our traders protection, as no one can set up a rival market without our permission.”

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