Wey (unit)
The wey or weight (
weight and dry volume
by at least 900 AD, when it began to be mentioned in surviving legal codes.
Weight
A
Assize of Weights and Measures c. 1300. This wey was applied to lead, soap, and cheese, as well as wool. 2 wey made a sack, 12 a load, and 24 a last.[4]
The wool wey was later figured as 2
avoirdupois pounds each (224 lbs. or about 101.7 kg).[5]
The Suffolk wey was 356 avoirdupois pounds (around 161.5 kg). It was used as a measure for butter and cheese.[6]
Volume
As a measure of volume for dry commodities, it denoted roughly 40
See also
References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement: W". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018.
- ^ Thorpe, Benjamin (1840), "The Laws of King Edgar", Ancient Laws and Institutes of England; Comprising Laws enacted under the Anglo-Saxon Kings from Æthelbirht to Cnut, With an English Translation of the Saxon; The Laws called Edward the Confessor's; The Laws of William the Conqueror, and those ascribed to Henry the First: Also, Monumenta Ecclesiastica Anglicana, From the Seventh to the Tenth Century; And the Ancient Latin Version of the Anglo-Saxon Laws. With a Compendious Glossary, &c., London: Commissioners of the Public Records of the Kingdom, p. 113. (in Old English) & (in Latin) & (in English)
- 2 Edgar c. 8[2]
- Assize of Weights and Measures. c. 1300.
- ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1.
- ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1.
- ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1.
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