The Scottish staple at Veere; a study in the economic history of Scotland . they considered due to them, and at a meet-ing held at Utrecht the Conservator was able to produce notonly the ratification of the agreement by the king, but also 1 The magistrates of Middelburg demanded a rigid announcement ofthe Staple system : que ceulx de ladicte nacion seront tenu, a payne deconfiscation de navires et biens, de venir avec leurs navires et biens en ladicte ville de Middelbourg et jurisdiction dicelle et de deschargier tousleurs biens et marchandises en ladicte ville et non ailleurs (Oud Archief,No.
The Scottish staple at Veere; a study in the economic history of Scotland . they considered due to them, and at a meet-ing held at Utrecht the Conservator was able to produce notonly the ratification of the agreement by the king, but also 1 The magistrates of Middelburg demanded a rigid announcement ofthe Staple system : que ceulx de ladicte nacion seront tenu, a payne deconfiscation de navires et biens, de venir avec leurs navires et biens en ladicte ville de Middelbourg et jurisdiction dicelle et de deschargier tousleurs biens et marchandises en ladicte ville et non ailleurs (Oud Archief,No. 1219). ^ Et dautant que somez asseurez quilz aiont le malgre de voz voisinsde la Vere et plusieurs autres par dela^ quilz ont laissez pour vous, nousvous prions les traicter et deffendre, veu quilz sont les premierz, que cepuisse estre exemple et donner couraige aux aultres de vous hanter etfrequenter {Id., No. 1223). The passage is of some importance as it in-dicates that in 1522 Scottish merchants were chiefly but not exclusivelyin Campvere. =* Oud Archief, No. THE MARKET PLACE AT MIDDELBURG. CAMPVERE, MIDDELBURG AND ANTWERP 153 the proclamation enforcing the Staple. The representativeof Middelburg was, however, cautious. The ratification, hefound, was old, made while the Regent held the governmentin Scotland. It had been rumoured that the king had re-pudiated all that had been done under Albany, and if so itwas by no means clear that Mure had earned the rewardwhich had been promised him.^ The suspicions of Middelburgwere justified a year later, in 1525, by the receipt of a letterfrom James and his council announcing that before the ful-filment of the contract it was essential that peace should beestablished, and, though the agreement had been ratified andthe Staple proclaimed, the magistrates were informed thatthe king was prepared to consider further the conditions ofthe contract, and for this purpose to send envoys to It is not surprising that the pat
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