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A town charter established the town as such, and specified certain things about it. It nearly always granted the town the right to have a permanent market. It often made the town free from all obligations to feudal lords, so it was directly subject to the king. It might have granted rights to the citizens; for example, the charters of towns might have said fugitives could move there without fear of being taken away for their earlier crimes. In times when there were serfs, it might have specified that all people in the town were free of the serfs' obligations. It might have freed the town from certain taxes or obligations; examples of towns that had special status in regards to import duties were those called the Cinque Ports.

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