The Assize of Bread and Ale (Latin: Assisa panis et cervisiae) (temp. incert) was a 13th-century law in high medieval England, which regulated the price...
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political and social divisions, and was central to debates over free trade versus protectionism.[citation needed] The Assize of Bread and Ale in the 13th...
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to replace the bread variety. In Britain the price, weight, and quality of bread and beer were regulated by the Assize of Bread and Ale from the 13th century...
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Assizes (disambiguation) (redirect from Court of assizes)
in 1990 Assize of Bread and Ale, an obsolete English statute regulating the price, weight, and quality of the bread and beer Assize of Clarendon, 1166 act...
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From the Corporation of London, the Guild received the power to enforce regulations for baking, known as the Assize of Bread and Ale. The violations included...
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Baker (redirect from Bread baker)
yields, ingredients, and loaf sizes) were heavily regulated. For example, Henry III of England promulgated the Assize of Bread and Ale in 1267, subjecting...
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Bun (category Quick breads)
English Dictionary pins the earliest known use to 1371 in the Assize of Bread and Ale, a law of Medieval Europe in the form "bunne" where they identify the...
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The ale trade in all of England was legally regulated by the Assize of Bread and Ale, "which linked the price of ale to the price of grain and which...
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Vantage loaf (redirect from In-bread)
trade in bread and ale, known as the Assize of Bread and Ale, imposed severe punishment for short measure. This could be a fine, destruction of the baker's...
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Medieval cuisine (redirect from Food and drink in the medieval period)
stable. The English Assize of Bread and Ale of 1266 listed extensive tables where the size, weight, and price of a loaf of bread were regulated in relation...
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communities to ensure the quality of bread, ale, and beer, as well as regulating the measures in which they were sold and their prices. There were many different...
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Bushel (category Units of volume)
measure of English wine, ale, and grains. The Assize of Bread and Ale credited to Henry III, c. 1266, defined this bushel in terms of the wine gallon, while...
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to bread, and people continued to prefer the old Wheaten bread to the new household type. Making of Bread, etc. Act 1800 Assize of Bread and Ale Cockayne...
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Pub crawl (redirect from Running of the Santas)
in and around Soho. In York, there is an annual charity event known as the Assize of Ale. It is based on the medieval Assize of Bread and Ale and led...
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Volume (redirect from List of volume formulas)
amber, coomb, and seam. The sheer quantity of such units motivated British kings to standardize them, culminated in the Assize of Bread and Ale statute in...
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Penny bun (category Bread stubs)
England regulated by the Assize of Bread and Ale act of 1266. The size of the loaf could vary depending on the prevailing cost of the flour used in the baking...
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Panis et Cervisie (The Assize of Bread and Ale) or Assize of Bread and Ale Act 1266 Concerning the Price of Bread and Ale. — cited as 51 Hen. 3 Stat. 1...
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The Assize of Bread and Ale (Assisa Panis et Cervisiae) Sometimes dated to 51 Henry III (1267–68). Statute I - Section III: By the Consent of the whole...
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Assize of Bread and Ale, which regulated quantities and prices of these basic commodities; the culprits should have been subjected to the tumbril and...
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Coleshill, Warwickshire (category Burial sites of the FitzGerald dynasty)
II, and claimed by prescription within the lordship of Coleshill, Assize of bread and ale, gallows, pillory, tumbrell and court leet, infangthef and utfangthef...
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Crediton (section Sport and leisure)
frankpledge, the gallows and assize of bread and ale. Two years later there was a serious riot against the increase of copyhold. The jury of the borough are mentioned...
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Norwich Market (category Buildings and structures in Norwich)
Assize of Bread and Ale, which regulated the prices of bread and beer, was frequently disregarded in Norwich. Bakers and brewers breaching the Assize...
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Stephen Hopkins (pilgrim) (category Year of birth uncertain)
tipplers and have broken the assize of bread and ale. Therefore each of them is in mercy (fined) 4 pence. Joan Kent was the mother of Mary Kent, wife of Stephen...
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and confirm their existence. In the 13th century, the King of England passed first law concerning proper labelling requirements, the Assize of Bread and...
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Bridgnorth (section Sport and clubs)
addition Assize of Bread and Ale and other privileges. The burgesses were additionally granted two fairs: a yearly fair on the feast of the Translation of St...
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collar accompanying or referring to such foodstuff". Assize of Bread and Ale McLibel case The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006 [1] Food...
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York (redirect from County Borough of York)
when an Assize of Bread and Ale was used to regulate the quality of goods. The current version was resurrected in 1990/91 by the then Sheriff of York, Peter...
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Midhurst (redirect from St. Mary Magdalene and St. Denis Church)
the assize of bread and ale, appointing two ale-tasters yearly, and acted as clerk of the market. Disputes over the respective rights and duties of town...
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Proclamation of 18 October 1258 Assize of Bread and Ale 1267 Grant of custom on exported wool, woolfells and hides 1275 Statute of the Jewry 1275 Distraint of knighthood...
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