Also the grocers’ pound of wax and of fruit is to weigh 25 shillings, the ounce 25 pence, and the quarter 6 shillings and 3 pence. Be it remembered that the sterling (silver penny) must weigh 32 grains of corn in number, from the middle of the ear; And to the quarter of an ounce go 160 grains in number. And to the half ounce go 320 grains. And to the whole ounce go 640 grains; the ounce, that is to say, of twenty sterlings. And to the quarter of the pound go 1,920 grains in number. And to the half pound go 3,840 grains. And to the pound of 20 shillings sterling go 7,680 grains in number, divided into 12 ounces. And the weight of two pounds, which amounts in number to 15,360 grains, makes the quarter of liquor. And the weight of four pounds, which amounts in number to 30,720 grains, makes the pottle. And the weight of eight pounds, which amounts in number to 61,440 grains, makes the gallon. And the weight of thirty-two pounds, which amounts in number to 245,760 grains, makes the old half bushel. And the weight of sixty-four pounds, which amounts in number to 491,520 grains, makes the bushel of wheat, of the ancient standard. And the weight of 256 pounds, which amounts in number to 19,266,180 grains of wheat, makes the half quarter. And the weight of 512 pounds sterling, which amounts in number of grains of wheat to 3,932,160, makes the measure of one quarter of eight bushels. FAMINE A.D. 1313 In this year there were such great rains that the wheat failed, and all other things as well, in August; and the rains lasted from Pentecost to Easter. In this year, upon the Day of St. James (25 July), before August, there was one baker drawn upon the hurdle alone; and because another baker did not have the same sentence carried out, the same day the Mayor was reviled by the people.... 1315 In this year there was a great famine, so that people without number died of hunger; and there was also a great pestilence among the people. The quarter of wheat was sold at Pentecost this year and after, at thirty-eight and forty shillings; salt also, at forty shillings, and two small onions for one penny. DISPUTED ELECTION OF MAYOR A.D. 1271