 The exact phrase was "“Ic wille þæt markete beo in þe selue tun,”" which roughly translates as “I want to be at that market in the good town.”

Markets have existed since ancient times.Some historians have argued that a type of market has existed since humans first began to engage in trade.Open air, public markets were known in ancient Babylonia, Assyria, Phoenecia, Greece, Egypt and on the Arabian peninsula.