Sunday, May 19, 2013

measures are important...

These measures are from the London Advisor, M, D, LXXXVI (1586)
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On Bread (avdp system: 1 lb= 16 oz), weighed within 24 hours of being baked.
A peck loaf - 17lbs 6oz
half peck - 8lb 11oz
quartern loaf - 4lb 5-1/2oz

Ale and Beer Measure
2 Pints = 1 Quart
4 Quarts = 1 Gallon
8 Gallons = 1 Firkin of Ale
9 Gallons = 1 Firkin of Beer
2 Firkins = 1 Kilderkin
2 Kilderkins = 1 Barrel
3 Kilderkins = 1 Hoghead (Hhd)
3 Barrels = 1 Butt

Wine Measure (als  for brandies, spirits, mead, cyder, perry and oil)
4 Gills = 1 Pint
2 Pints = 1 Quart
4 Quarts = 1 Gallon
18 Gallons = 1 Rundlet
1 1-3d Rundlet = 1 Barrel
1 1-3d Barrel = 1 Tierce
11-2 Tierce or 63 Gall (gallon) = 1 Hoghead
1 -3d Hhd or 84 Gall = 1 Puncheon
1 1-half Punch, or a Hhd = 1 Pipe or Butt
2 Pipes = 1 Tun

Corn Measure (corn being grains in general) (in Surry, and other counties, a bushel = 9 gallons)
2 Quarts = 1 Pottle
2 Pottles = 1 Gallon
2 Gallons = 1 Peck
4 Pecks or 8 Gall = 1 Bushel
8 Bushels = 1 Quarter or Vat
5 Quarters of Wheat, Beans, or Peas = 1 Load
10 Quarters of Oats = 1 Load

Dry Measure (to measure salt, lead-ore, oysters, corn and other dry goods)
2 Pints = 1 Quart
2 Quarts = 1 Pottle
2 Pottles = 1 Gallon
2 Gallons = 1 Peck
4 Pecks = 1 Bushel
8 Bushels = 1 Quarter
5 Quarters = 1 Wey or Load
5 Pecks = 1 Bushel of Water measure
4 Bushels = 1 Coomb
10 Coombs = 1 Wey
2 Weys = 1 Last of corn (grain)

Avdp/Avoirdupoize Weight (for measuring butter, cheese, grocery wares, and all goods that have waste)
16 Drachms = 1 Ounce (oz)
16 Ounces = 1 Pound (lb)
28 Pounds = 1 Quarter of a Hundred (qr)
4 Quarters = 1 Hundred or 112lb (cwt)
20 Hundred Weight = 1 Ton (T)

A stone of meat is 8lb




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