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&ensp;And it is to be known, that then a Baker in every Quarter of Wheat (as it is proved by the King's Bakers) may gain iv d. and the Bran, and two Loaves for Advantage, for three Servants i d. ob. for two Lads ob. in Salt ob. for Kneading ob. for Candle q. for Wood ii d. for his Bultel ‹i d.› ob.&ensp; When a Quarter of Wheat is sold for iii s. or iii s. iv d. and a Quarter of Barley for xx d. or ii s. and a Quarter of Oats for xvixv [sic] d. then Brewers in Cities ought and may well afford to sell two Gallons of Beer or Ale for a Peny, and out of Cities to sell iii ⟨or iv⟩ Gallons for a Peny. And when in a Town iii Gallons is sold for a Peny, out of a Town they ought and may sell four. And this Assise ought to be holden throughout all England.&ensp; The Assise of Bread (as it is contained in a Writing of the Marshalsey of our Lord the King delivered unto them) may be holden accordding to the Price of Wheat, that is to say, as well Wastel, as other Bread of the better, second, or third sort, shall be weighed, as is aforesaid, by the middle Price of Wheat; and the Assise or Weight of Bread shall not be changed but by Six Pence increasing or decreasing in the Sale of a Quarter.

&ensp;By the Consent of the whole Realm of England, the Measure of our Lord the King was made; that is to say, That an English Peny, called a Sterling, round and without any clipping, shall weigh xxxii Wheat Corns in the midst of the Ear, and xx d. do make an Ounce, and xii Ounces one Pound, and viii Pound do make a Gallon of Wine, and viii Gallons of Wine do make a London Bushel, which is the Eighth Part of a Quarter. Forasmuch as in our Parliament holden at Westminster in the first Year of our Reign, we have granted that all good Statutes and Ordinances made in the Times of our Progenitors aforesaid, and not revoked, shall be still held, we have caused, at the Request of the Bakers of our Town of Coventry, that the Ordinances aforesaid, by tenor of these Presents, shall be exemplified. In Witness whereof, &c. Witness the King at Westminster, the xxii Day of March.