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Weights and Measures.
It appeareth by Mr. Cromp. that it was agreed
by the Justices, that the
Measure of Wine and Ale should be all one, but now by the Stat. of 1 Jac.
c. 9. Ale and Beer shall be sold by retail by one and the same Measure,
sc.
by the Ale-quart. |
Chap. 112.
Cromp.
94. b.
P. Aleh. 7. |
§. 23.
Vessels. |
And for the Prices of all Vessels of Ale and Beer,
by the Stat. 23 H. 8.
c. 4. two Justices of peace might assess the prices thereof, and
that no
Brewer shall take for any Barrel, Kilderkin or Firkin, &c. of Ale or
Beer,
but after such prices and rates as shall be assessed by the said Justices
of
peace in the County, or by the Mayor or their Head-officers in corporate
Towns, &c. But now by the Stat. 8 El. c. 9. the assessment
of the prices
thereof by the Justices, shall be by the Justices, or the more part of
them,
being present at the Easter Quarter-sessions, and only of such
Vessels as
shall be made or sold out of Cities or corporate Towns. |
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§. 24.
Sope. |
Sope, the Barrel, Half barrel and Firkin, shall
be of the same content
that Ale is, sc. the Barrel 32 gallons or above, and the empty Vessel
not
to be in weight above 26 pound; the empty Firkin not to weigh above 6
pound and a half, and to contain 8 gallons or above of full and just measure. |
23 H. 8. 4.
P. Sope 1. |
| Butter. |
Butter also shall be of the same measure that Sope
is of. See before tit.
Butter, and the Statute of 14 Car. 2. cap. 26. |
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| Cheese. |
Cheese, a weigh of Cheese must contain 32 cloves,
and every clove 8 li.
of Averdupois weight: although the Statute 9 H. 6.
8. Rast. 28. diu. and
the Book of Assize, imprinted 1597, seem to make 7 li. to be a clove.
And
yet by the Book of Assize, the weigh of Suffolk Cheese must contain
256 li.
or 12 score and 16 li. of Averdupois weight (and their
barrel of Butter is
of like weight with the first:) but the weigh of Essex Cheese
or Butter is
300 li. weight, after the rate of five-score and 12 li. to
the hundred, which
is 336 li. or 16 score and 16 pounds of Averdupois weight. |
P. Weights
6. |
| Flesh. |
Beef and other Flesh are 16 ounces Averdupois
to the pound, and eight
of them pounds to make the stone, except where the usage of the Country
require more pounds to the stone. Book of Assize. |
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| Fish. |
Herrings, the barrel, half barrel and firkin, shall
be the same content
that Ale is, scilicet, the barrel 32 Gallons, &c. 11 H.
7. c. 23. and 13 El.
11. P. Fish 9. |
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Also Herrings are sold by tale, sc. six score
Herrings shall go to the hundred,
ten hundred to the thousand, and ten thousand to the last, 31 E. 3.
c. 2. |
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Salmon and Eels. See the contents of their
Vessels, Stat. 11 H. 7. cap.
23. P. Fish. 8. 10. |
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| Wool. |
Wool, 14 pound weight goeth to the stone of Wool,
28 pounds goeth
to the tod, and 26 stone goeth to the sack. 11 H. 7. 4. P. 3.
31 E. 3. c. 18. |
23 K. 3. 9. |
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Hemp, 20 li. weight maketh the stone.
P. Cables, 2. 21. H. 8. c. 12. |
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Sugar, Spices and Wax, 8 li. maketh the stone,
and 13 stone and a half,
or 100 li. maketh the hundred. See the Stat. de Comp. ponder.
Rast. weights, 8. |
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Hops, five score and twelve pounds maketh the hundred. |
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Lead, the content of the pound, the stone and the
load. See Rastal,
Weights, 8. |
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Leather, the content of the dicker and the Last.
See Rast. Weights, 8. |
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The contents of Iron, Glass, Linen-cloth, and divers
other things. See
the Stat. de Composit. ponder. Rast. 8. |
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All other Commodities of tale or number are sold
by the hundred.
Cattle and Fish are sold six score to the hundred, and yet
the hundred of Hard-fish must contain eight score, Rast. 8.
Whereof
Also all other Headed things, as Nails, Pins, &c. are
sold six score to the hundred.
All other things have but five score to the hundred. |
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