Talk:Statutes Fair

“Statutes”
Like other hiring fairs (some of which are also know as “statute” or “statutes” fairs) I expect the name is referring to the 1351 Statute of Labourers and the 1562 Statute of Apprentices and subsequent legislation, not specific legislation for this particular fair. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.132.226.79 (talk) 13:22, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Perhaps, but we can only report what the sources say - Dumelow (talk) 14:15, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Repton statute fair
, wonderful work as usual. When trying to pull up references to this fair in early publications, I've come across several references to a statute fair held at Repton on the first Monday after Michaelmas (eg ). Google tells me that it takes around 1.5 hours to walk from Burton upon Trent to Repton (using the current roads, of course). Is it possible that the fair moved from one town to the other at some point? AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 14:01, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi AleatoryPonderings, thankyou. Could be, but I suspect they'll have been separate (I think I read somewhere that the  statutes/hiring and mop fairs were held in each hundred so it would be unusual if they were moved across county lines).  Appears to be a neglected part of local history though, would be great to see a research paper or two on this subject - Dumelow (talk) 14:15, 29 October 2021 (UTC)