Note 246 — SECTION VII
Reading edition
The prise of wines was the royal right, limited at least from the time of Edward I., of purchasing 2 tuns of wine from every ship at the rate of 20s. a tun, whatever the market price might be; 60s. a tun was a normal price in the 14th century (see K.R. Accounts, 77. 21). The value of this grant to Stephen is obvious.