1155    1155–1185 Original Market and Fair Charter given to Fulk de Paganet.
1262    First known mention of Holsworthy Fair in the Hundred Rolls.
1272    Holsworthy Fair and Market rights given by Edward I. More about Edward I Images of Edward I
1274    First description of Holsworthy Market and Fair were found in an inquisition taken on the death of Henry de Tracey, Lord of the Manor, who died this year.
1285    Statute of Winchester ordered that Fairs and Markets were to be no longer held in Church Yards.
1524    Henry VIII let to George Rolle the tolls of the Market and Fairs for a period of twenty-one years.
1624    Fair stated to have originated and the Fair proclamation drawn up for Sir Nicholas Prideaux, in the reign of James I More about James I Images of James I
1632    17th November. Charles I granted to Nicholas Prideaux additional Market Rights. More about Charles I Images of Charles I
1859    Lump sum of £34 redeemed payment of annual Fair and Market rights of £l.6s.8d. per year.
1910    Manorial Rights, Market and Fair Rights sold to John Bussell Batten, William Harris and John Henry Stranger.

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