jan 1, 1562 - cranage

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The crane which was used in York to help in the loading and unloading of ships was referred to as the common crane and the tolls charged for its use, known as cranage, provided the city with a regular source of income. It was in an enclosure known as the crane garth and was operated by a craneman. It was already in need of repairs at the end of the fourteenth century: 1397 <i>Et carpentariis ad cranam, emendantibus le bek fracto xijd </i>(SS192/6); 1433 <i>Et de cranagio hoc anno viijli vijs viijd </i>(SS192/10); 1498 <i>any maner lede from Burghbrigge ... to be wound and weed </i>[weighed]<i> at the common crane of this Citie ... from the scale into the crane garthe </i>(YRS103/138); 1514 <i>Thomas Colman, craneman</i> (SS96/237); 1562 <i>the office of the clerkship of the Common Crayne of this Citie </i>(YRS112/48).

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