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Customs of murage of Oxford
- For any quantity of grain, a farthing.
- For each cartload of grain, a halfpenny.
- For each horse, mare, bull or cow, a halfpenny.
- For each hide of horse, mare, bull or cow, whether salted, tanned or
untanned, a farthing.
- For each iron-shod cart [loaded with]
fresh or salted meat, 1½d.
- For five bacons, a halfpenny.
- For each fresh or salted salmon, a farthing.
- For each lamprey brought to market before Easter, a farthing.
- For 10 sheep, goats or pigs, 1d.
- For 10 woolfells, a halfpenny.
- For each hundred fleeces or skins of sheep, goats, stags, hinds, bucks
or does, a halfpenny.
- For each hundred skins of lambs, kids, hares, rabbits, foxes, cats, or
squirrels, a halfpenny.
- For each broad-cloth, a halfpenny.
- For each hundred linen cloths such as cloths of Ireland, Galway and
Worstead, 1d.
- For each silk cloth with gold saints[?], drapery and brocade, a halfpenny.
- For each silk cloth without gilding but reinforced by "Chifs de Sendel", a farthing.
- From any ship loaded with things for market, 3d.
- For each tun of wine or ashes, 1½d.
- For each horseload of ashes, 1½d.
- For each cartload of honey, 1d.
- For each sack of wool for sale, 2d.
- For a truss of cloth brought, by cart, for sale, 2d.
- For each horseload of cloth for sale, or other diverse small items for
sale, a halfpenny.
- For each cartload of iron, 1d.
- For each horseload of iron, a halfpenny.
- For each cartload of lead, 1d.
- For each cartload of tan for sale, a farthing weekly.
- For goods sold by weight, that is for a hundredweight, 1d.
- For a wey of tallow or grease, 1d.
- For each quarter of woad for sale, 2d.
- For each hundredweight of alum, copperas,
"Drigaylis", [or]
verdigris, a halfpenny.
- For two thousand onions, a farthing.
- For 8 sheaves of garlic, a farthing.
- For every thousand herring, a farthing.
- For each cartload of sea-fish, 1d.
- For each horseload of sea-fish, 1d.
- For every hundred boards, a halfpenny.
- For each millstone, a halfpenny.
- For every thousand faggots.
- For ten thousand turbot, a farthing.
- From each ship loaded with turbot, 1d.
- For each quarter of salt, a farthing.
- For each wey of cheese or butter, a halfpenny.
- For each cartload of combustibles or coal for sale, a halfpenny weekly.
- For every thousand nails, a farthing.
- For every hundred horseshoes or
cart-hurdles, a farthing.
- For each quarter of tan, a farthing.
- For each truss of any kind of merchandize for sale that is worth more
than 5 shillings, a farthing.
- For every hundredweight of tin, bronze, or copper for sale, 2½d.
- For every hundred steel bars, a halfpenny.
- For every cartload of "Aberden", 1d.
- For every hundredweight of stockfish, a farthing.
- For ten stones of hemp, a farthing.
- For ten gallons of oil, a halfpenny.
- For every other thing, not otherwise specified, brought for sale that
is worth more than two shillings, a farthing.
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