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A03648	A concordancy of yeares Containing a new, easie, and most exact computation of time, according to the English account. Also the vse of the English and Roman kalender, with briefe notes ... Newly composed and digested, by Arthur Hopton, Gentleman. The contents follow after the epistles.	Hopton, Arthur, 1587 or 8-1614.	1612 (1612)	STC 13778; ESTC S104205	137,447	273

of Grocery all phisicall drugges all grosse wares as Rosin wax pitch tarre tallow hempe flax c. and all Iron stéele lead tinne copper alome copporas c. and though the pound of this weight be greater then the pound Troy yet is the ounce lesse because the pound Troy hath but 12 ounces and the pound Auerdupois 16 ounces as in the Table ensuing you must note that the Auerdupois pound is diuided into Graines Scruples Dragmes and so to ounces euery one hauing a proper Character to expresse the same as is set after the Table Graines 7680 3840 1920 480 240 120 60 30 15 ●0 1● 5 Scruples 384 192 96 24 12 6 ● 11 ● ¾ 7 7 2 7 4 Dragms 128 64 32 8 4 2 7 ½ ¼   Ounces 16 8 4 1 7 2 ¼   Pounds 1 ½ ¼   Graines gr Scruples ℈ Dragmes ʒ Ounces ℥ Pounds £ How Ale and Beere is measured These two sorts of Liquor are measured by Pints Quarts Pottles Gallons Firkins Kilderkins or halfe barrels barrels as in the insuing table these such like be concane measures   Beere Measures Ale Measures Pints 288 144 72 8 4 2 256 128 64 8 4 2 Quarts 144 72 36 4 2 1 128 64 22 4 2 1 Pottles 72 36 18 2 1   64 32 1● 2 1   Gallons 36 18 9 1   32 16 8 1   Firkins 4 2 1   4 2 1   Kilderkin 2 1   2 1   Barrels 1   1   How Wine Oyle and Hony is measured One Gallon of Wine containes 8 pound of Troy weight whereby are measured the vessels in the insuing Table Pint. 2110 1008 67● 504 336 252 128 8 4 2 Quart 1008 504 336 252 168 126 64 4 2 1 Pottle 504 252 168 126 84 63 36 2 1   Gallon 152 126 84 63 42 31½ 18 1   Rundlet 14 7 4 ⅔ 3 ½ 2 ⅓ 1 ¾ 1   Barrels 8 4 2 ⅔ 2 1 ⅓ 1   Tierce of a pipe 6 3 2 1 ½ 1   Hogshead 4 2 1 ⅓ 1   Punchion 3 1 ½ 1   Pipe or But. 2 1   Tunne 1   Measures of Graine All kinde of graine is measured by Troy weight of which 8 pounds make a gallon whereof are made Pints Quarts Pottles Gallons Pecks Haise-bushels Bushels Strikes or halfe coombs Cornoockes Coombes or halfe Quarters Quarters or Seames Lasts whose quantity behold in the insuing Table Pintes 5120 2560 512 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 Quarts 2560 1280 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1   Pottles 1280 640 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1   Gallons 640 320 64 32 16 8 4 2 1   Peckes 320 160 32 16 8 4 2 1   Half-bushels 160 80 16 8 4 2 1   Bushels 80 40 8 4 2 1   Strikes 40 20 4 2 1   Cornoockes 20 10 2 1   Quarters 10 5 1   Last 1   And know that the Barrell and halfe barrell of Herrings and likewise of Butter and Sope are the same measure vsed for Ale Herring are counted by the hundreds thousands and Lasts a Last being 10000. euery thousand being 1200 which is 12000 Herrings in the Last at 120 the hundred Of Iron and Lead Iron is counted by the Pound hundred and Tun and Lead by the pound hundred and fodder Iron Pound 2240 112 Hundred 2 1 Tunne 1   Lead Pound 2184 122 Hundred 19 ½ 1 Fodder 1   Tinne Copper and Lattine haue 112 pounds to the hundred Of Fuell All fuell is sised by the statute of which there be Shids Billets Fagots and Coles all Shids must be foure foot long beside the carfe and vpon them is 1.2.3.4 or 5 markes or notches and then they must be in compasse about the midst 16.23.28 33 or 38 inches according as it hath number of markes All Billets should be three foot long and there be three kinds thereof as the Single a Cast and a Cast of two the first being 7½ ynches about the next 10 and the last 14 inches compasse Fagots should be three foot long and the band beside the knot 24 ynches made round for your flat Fagots be much lesse though they be all one compasse about The Sacke of Coles is 4 bushels How things be Numbred Furres Sables Martins Minkes Ienits Filches Grayes haue foure skins in the Timber Coney Kid Lambe Budge Cat c. haue fiue score in the hundred The skins of Goats are numbered by the kippe which is 50 and Calues by the dozen 12 I means being tanned There is also in Lether hides Dickers Lasts the Last is 20 Dickers or 200 hides a Dicker is 10 hides Of Fish Ling Cod or Haberdine hath 124 to the hundred Stock-fish 120 to the hundred so hath Herring A Last of Barrell-fish is twelue Ale Barrels Of Paper and Parchment A Bale of paper is 10 Reame or 200 quires a Reame is 20 quires or 500 sheetes a quire is 25 sheetes A Rowle of parchment is 5 dozen or 60 skins a dozen is 12 skins Of Wooll A Last of wooll is 4368 pounds or 12 sackes a sacke is 364 pounds or 2 weyes a wey is 182 pound or 6 Toddes and a halfe a Todde is 28 pounds or two stone a stone is 14 pound and a cleaue is halfe a stone so that a Last hath 312 stones and 156 Toddes and a Sacke hath 26 stones CHAP. XLIIII Measure in Longitude and of the length and the bredth and compasse of England Ireland and the adiacent Islands THrée barley cornes make an ynch 12 ynches a foote 3 foote a yard 5 yards and a halfe a pearch 40 pearches in length and 4 in bredth an Acre 4 in bredth and 10 in length a rood or quarter of an Acre so that an Acre hath 43560 square feet 4840 square yards and 160 square pearches Also an English mile is 8 Furlong 88 scores 320 pearches 1056 paces 1408 Elles 1760 yards 5280 feet 63360 ynches 190080 Barley cornes as you may see more largs in my Geodeticall Staffe Lib. 2. The compasse of the earth is 360 degrées or 21600 Italian miles or 5400 common Germane miles or 4320 miles of Sueuia whose diameter is 6872 8 11 Italian 1728 2 11 Germane or 1397 6 11 miles of Sueuia The compasse of the Heauens is 1017562500 miles and so much doth the Sun go in 24 houres according to the motion of the first Mouer and in his meane motion in the Zodiaque hee goeth euery day 2826562 ½ miles so that his peragration in respect of his compassing the heauens euery naturall day is 306392500000 miles in the whole yeare Measures of England and the adiacent Islands The compasse of England is 1532 miles The greatest length thereof Northwards and Soothwards is from Barwicke to the Lands end which not crossing the sea is 386 miles The shortest length from Barwicke to Calshot Castle in South-hampton shire is 286 miles The brodest place of England from the Lands end to Sandwich is 279 miles From S. Dauids

in the West in Penbrooke-shire through the middest of Worcester and Warwicke-shire Eastward to Yarmouth in Norfolke is 240 miles And this is the next brodest place in England Of Ireland Ireland reiecting adiacent Islands and some Indraffes is in compasse 948 miles The length Northward and Southward is 303 miles The bredth East and West is 113 miles Being taken in the South parts from the vttermost point of the Continent Westwards to the East point of Cilana lying ouer-against S. Dauids in Penbrooke-shire The Isle of Man The Isle of Man is in compasse 91 miles The length is 28 miles The bredth 18 miles The Isle of Anglesea Mona or Anglesea is in compasse 85 miles The length 21 miles The bredth 18 miles The Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight is in compasse 57 miles The length 22 miles The bredth 11 miles CHAP. XLV To know how to reckon how much your daily expences commeth vnto in the whole yeare very readily without a Table or Calculation TO auoid all Tables and to giue you a ready rule to beare in memory do thus Suppose you spent 6 pence the day and would know what it amounteth vnto in the yeare which to doe say thus sixe pence the day is sixe pounds six halfe pounds and six groates which set together maketh 9 pounds two shillings Againe 7 pence the day is 7 pounds 7 halfe pounds and 7 groates in the yeare which set together maketh 10 pounds 12 shillings and foure pence The like of any other How Money is numbred in England The greatest péece of English siluer now coined ordinarily at the Tower is called 12 d. or a shilling and that is diuided into two parts which be called 6 pence or testons and that is subdiuided into two other parts called 3 pence being one fourth part of the shilling Againe the 12 pence is diuided into 6 parts euery of which part is called 2 pence The shilling is diuided into 12 parts called pence into 24 parts called halfe pence and into 48 parts called farthings we haue now a péece of siluer stamped which is the ¾ of a shilling called 9 pence and the halfe of that called 4 pence halfe peny thrée of which make a Scottish marke which is 13 pence halfe peny sterling out of these small peeces there is made other summes that haue proper and peculiar denominations as Crownes Nobles and Markes and their halfes a Crowne is 5 shillings a Noble 6 shillings 8 pence a marke 13 shillings 4 pence or two Nobles foure Nobles is 26 shillings 8 pence fiue Nobles is 33 shillings 4 pence seuen Nobles is 2 pounds 6 shillings 8 pence 14 Nobles is 4 pounds 13 shillings 4 pence and 20 Nobles is 6 pounds 13 shillings 4 pence Againe foure Marks is 2 pound 13 shillings 4 pence fiue Marks is 3 pound 6 shillings 8 pence 20 Markes 13 pound 6 shillings 8 pence 40 Markes is 26 pound 13 shillings 8 pence And an hundred Markes is 66 pound 13 shillings 4 pence A briefe remembrance of the principall Faires in England and Wales the Moneth Day and Place where they bee kept more largely set forth then heretofore ¶ Faires in Ianuary THe third day at Llanybyther Tuesday after the Twelfe-day at Salisbury and at Melton Mowbray Thursday after at Banbury and at Litterworth 7. at Llanginnie 25. at Bristoll Churchingford Grauesend and at Northalerton euery Wednesday from Christmas till Iune 31. at Llandyssell ¶ Faires in February THe first day at Brumley the second at Lin Bathe Maidstone Budworth Reading Bicklesworth Vizes and at Whitland the third at Borgroue the eighth at Tragarron the ninth at Llandaffe the 14. at Owndle and at Feuersham the 24. at Vppingham Higham-ferries Walden and at Tewkesbury On Shroue-munday at New-castle-vnder-line On Ash-wednesday at Lichfield Exceter Roystone Abington Ciceter Tamworth Dunstable Tunbridge Fockingham and Eaton The first Munday in Lent at Winchester and at Chersay in Surrey The first Tuesday in Lent at Bedford the first Thursday in Lent at Banbury ¶ Faires in March THe first day at Llangadog Madrim and at Llangeuallah the eight at Tregarron the 12. at Stamford Sudbury Wooborne Wrexham and at Bodnam the 13. at Wye and Bodwin the 17. at Patrington the 18. at Sturbridge the 20. at Alesbury and at Durham the 24 at Llanerchimeth the 25. at Northampton Malden Cardigan Malpas Saint Albons Ashwell Huntington all the Ladidayes at Saint Iones in Worcester at Woodstocke the 31. at Malmesbury Mio-lent Sunday at Saffron-walden and at Odiham Munday before the Annunciation at Kendall Wisbich and at Denbigh the fifth Sunday in Lent at Grantham Salibury Sudbury and at Helxsome Wednesday before Palme-sunday at Drayton Thursday at Llandissell Palmesunday Eus at Newport Pomfret Leicester Skipton Ailesbury and at Wisbich Palme-sunday at Worcester Llandaurenuoure Billingsworth and at Kendall wednesday before Easter at Llanuillinge and at Kaerline Thursday before Easter at Sudmuster and at Kettering On Good-friday at M●llaine Bishops-castle Action-burnell Longuer Risborow Bury Amptill Bishops-hatfield Brewton Hinningham Rotheram Ipswich S. Pombes Gilford Nutly Engfield and Charing ¶ Faires in Aprill THe second day at North-fléet Rochford and at Hitchin the third at Leeke the fifth at Wallingford the seuenth at Darby the ninth at Billingsworth the munday next after at Euesham the 22 at Stabford the 23. at Chichester Tamworth Ipswich Charing Amptill Hinningham S. Pombs Burie Wilton Wortham Brewton castle Combes and at Bewdley the 25. at Darby Vttoxeter Dunmow Colebrooke Buckingham Winchcombe and at Cliffe the 26. at Tenderden and at Clete Munday in Easter wéeke at Gainesborow and at Onay tuesday in Easter wéeke at Daintrée Hitchin Brails Rochford Sandbach and at Northfleet wednesday in Easter weeke at Wellingborow Friday at Darby Saterday at Skipton Munday after Lowsunday at Bicklesworth Euesham and as Newcastle vnder-line ¶ Faires in May. THe first day at Leycester Warwice Oswestrée Kinuar worsworth Bricke-hill Congerton Reading Stow the old Pombridge Chensford ford Perin Andouer Maidston Llantrissent Vske and at Grighouel the second at Pwllhely the third at Stafford Bromyard Nun-eaton Rats-dale Waltham abby Elstow Hinningham Chersay Chepnam Cowbridge Aberganennie Mounton Denbigh Merthir and Tiduile the fifth at Marchenlleth the sixth at Almesburie Hoy and Knighton the seuenth at Beuerly Newton Oxford Stratford vpon Auon Hanslop and at Bathe the ninth at Maidstone the tenth at Ashburne the 11 at Dunstable the 15. at Welshpoole the 16. at Llangarranogge the 19. at Rochester Odehil Mayfield and Wellow the 20. at Malmesbury the 25. at Blackburne the 26. at Lenham the 29. at Crambrooke Rogation weeke at Beuerley Engfield On Ascension Eue at Darking and Abergelcy On Ascension day at Bremmencham Bishops-stratford Kidderminster Eccleshall Wigan Middle-with Stopford Chappell-Frith Rosse Burton vpon Trent Vizes Brasted Sudmuster Eglesrew in Keames Chappell-kinon Bridgend and Bewmarris Munday after Ascension day at Thacksteed On wednesday after at Shrewsbury On Friday at Ruthin On Whitsun-eue at Skipton vpon Crauon Wisbich and Newin On Whitsun-munday