jan 1, 1580 - waw
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A measure of weight, equivalent to twelve stone. 1302-3 <i>In ij waghis plumbi de Galfrido de Lonesdale vs</i>, Bolton Priory (YRS154/149); 1401 ‘From John Rotse for ... 40 <i>wagh</i> of salt’, Hull (YRS64/26); 1458 <i>Et de precio vij wawes vitri ... prec. waw 12d</i>, York (SS35/70); 1508 <i>a waw of glasse</i>, York (SS35/359); 1580 <i>John Haykin the smelter of Marricke oweth one foother of leade & moreover one wawe of leade</i> (YRS152/246).
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