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forestallarius

forestallarius [cf. ME forestaller] , forestaller, one who buys up goods before they reach market. de forstallariis victualibus venalibus mercatum obviantibus, per quos carior fit inde venditio Fleta 75; 1306 quod nullus forstallarius‥obviam eat mercatoribus ‥ versus predictam villam nostram venientibus (Great Yarmouth) BBC 294; 1308 (v. forestallare 2); c1356 forstallarius (v. depressor a); c1400 quod nullus ~ius patiatur in villa commorari, qui pauperum sit depressor manifestos‥qui blada, pisces, allec’ vel res quascumque venales per terram vel per aquam venientes ‥ obviando pre ceteris festinet lucrum Rec. Caern. 244; 1408 exprimatur‥qui sint ~ii et qui non Doc. Bev. 9; 1449 W. H. et A. J. sunt communes ~ii et regratarii‥anguillarum MunAcOx 590.

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