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Catalogue description Exchequer: Indentures of Receipt for Standard Ale Measures
| Reference: | E 22 |
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| Title: | Exchequer: Indentures of Receipt for Standard Ale Measures |
| Description: |
Indentures, signed by the collectors of the excise within each excise district, acknowledging that they have received from the Exchequer standard brass ale measures of one quart and one pint, to be delivered to the chief magistrates of the towns mentioned in the indentures. |
| Date: | 1700-1701 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 41 bundle(s) |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Ale Measures Act of 1698 was an attempt to enforce the use of standard-sized vessels for selling ale. Each mayor or chief officer of a city or town was responsible for certifying that drinking vessels were of a standard size - either a pint or a quart. To do this, they were supplied with standard pint or quart measures by the collectors of the excise who obtained them from the chamberlains of the Exchequer who held the original standard measures. |
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