Portman (burgess)

A portman was a medieval designation for a freeman or burgess of a port. The term was used at a number of places across England: Orford, Ipswich The term was used in Anglo-Saxon Wessex although it remained uncommon. Portmonna hyðe appears in a document bestowing rights on Abingdon Abbey in 962. This probably relates to a now lost Roman quay at Lepe, Hampshire which had survived and was used in the reign of Edgar the Peaceful (959 – 975).

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