1266 in 9th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1883) App. 286/2 in (C. 3773) XXXVII. 1 Quod Portmot semel tantum in quindecem diebus teneatur.
1327 in M. T. Löfvenberg (1946) 99 (MED) [Of the] portmote [of Westbury].
a1377 in R. E. G. Kirk (1892) 34 (MED) De portemot, pede puluerizato, et assisa fracta.
1429 in L. M. Clopper (1979) 7 Vne peticioun en plein Portemote faitz par les ditz Maier viscountz xxiiij aldermen.
1574 9 Apr. (1894) VIII. 228 The same to be openly redde at the next Portemounte [at Chester] immediatlye folowinge after the receipt hereof.
1601 c. 15 §1 Any originall Writ or Writs of Covenant..retornable before the Mayor of the saide Citie for the tyme beinge, in the Portmoote Courte to be holden within the saide Citie [of Chester].
1728 E. Chambers (at cited word) Portmotes are also held in some Inland-Towns; as at Knolst in Cheshire.
1765 c. 26 Preamble, Courts Baron, Courts of Admiralty, Courts of Portmote, and Leets.
1817 W. Pitt I. 93 There are also three annual courts held in the city, namely, the court of the view of frank-pledge, the court of array, and the great portmote-court.
1842 5 98 Of Courts designated Burghmote or Portmote Courts, the Commissioners describe six to be still held; of Hundred Courts they mention twelve, of which six are in use.
1902 (title) The portmote or court leet records of the borough or town and royal manor of Salford.
1951 D. M. Stenton 177 The ancient borough court, the portmoot, was presided over by the reeve.
2003 (Nexis) 8 Feb. 14 Back in the 13th century the Borough Corporation (also known as the Portmoot) governed the town.