Note 1 — M.A., TRIN. HALL. CAMB.; MEMBER OF COUNCIL OF THE PHILOLOGICAL AND EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETIES; LOVER OF OLD BOOKS. (continued 5)
Reading edition
Cp. Russell, l. 187, p. 13.
2. See Russell’s portpayne, l. 262, p. 17.
3. MS. ell d.
4. I suppose this and the following s’es to mean shillings.
5. ob bred is ha’penny bread. On ffl C xviij of the MS. is
The Assise of Bred with-in London.
The quarter whet at iijs // after vs.
The fferdyng whit loff coket / xvij oz & d [=½] & ob weight *
The ob [ha’penny] whit loff xxxv vncis & j d weight
The qa† symnell xv oz ij d ob in weight
The ob whet loff lij oz d. & j d ob weight
The peny whet loff Cv oz d & quarter & ob weight
The ob lof of all graynes lxx oz & ij d weight
* Half a pennyweight.
† ? quadranta, farthing.
6. ix xx = 9 × 20, = 180. messe may be in effe: the long s’es are crossed like f’s.
7. Stean, a stone vessel. ‘A great pot or stean,’ Hollyband’s Dictionarie, 1593. Halliwell.
8. ? (12 × 20 + 10)12 = 3000.