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 | | It is possible that Minehead had a corporate existence during the i5th century, as certain documents executed by the portreeve and burgesses at that date are preserved, but no record of the grant of a charter has been found. |
 | | A charter of incorporation given by Elizabeth in 1558 vested the government in a portreeve, a steward and twelve burgesses, the continuance of the corporation being subject to the port and harbour being kept in repair. |
 | | During the 16th, 57th and 18th centuries Minehead had a considerable coastwise trade in wool, grain and wine, but began to decline owing to the migration of the woollen industry to the north of England, and to the decay of the herring fishery. |
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