Bristol
place · 2 works · 7 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Bristollum · the port of Bristol
in the texts
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
City from which King John issued a sweeping prohibition on fowling throughout England in 1209.
Great consternation was aroused when John at Bristol in 1209 prohibited the taking of birds throughout the entire realm of England.
The free customs of Bristol, for example, meant not only that the men of that city should have freedom from tolls inflicted by others, but that they should have the right to inflict tolls upon those others.
Several entries tell of barrels of wine which he took as “prise” from ships entering the port of Bristol, and thereafter sold to the King.
Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England
City described as formerly the second most important in England before the northward population shift.
Bristol was, next to London, the most important of our cities.