I've just transcribed two chancery documents dating from 1500 to 1530 both
dealing with non delivery of lead to merchants in York, both small amounts, 4
fother from Wensleydale and 3 fothers from Swaledale. I'm wondering if these
are just isolated cases of pure fraud, or whether it was common practice to
make advance payments.
Does anyone else have evidence of payments being made in advance of the
metal being delivered at such an early date?
Thanks in advance
Ian Spensley
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