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alnage
alnage (ˈɔːlnɪdʒ) Forms: 5–7 aulnage, 7 aulneage, 7– alnage. [a. OFr. aulnage (mod. aunage), f. aulner, auner to measure by the ell; f. alne, aulne, aune ell (cogn. w. Pr. alna, auna, It. auna):—late L. alena, a. OTeut. *alina (Goth. aleina, ON. alin, OHG. elina, OE. eln, Eng. ell) cogn. w. L. ulna,... Oxford English Dictionary
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Alnage
Alnage, or aulnage (from Old French aune, ell; parallel to "yardage") was the official supervision of the shape and quality of manufactured woolen cloth Alnage duties and the office of alnager were abolished in 1699. wikipedia.org
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ulnage
ulnage Obs. exc. Hist. (ˈʌlnɪdʒ) [ad. med.L. ulnagium (14th c.), f. L. ulna after OF. aulnage alnage.] 1. = alnage 1.1447 Ord. exchequer 35. c. 62 (6) A v b, For euerye foreyn accompte of sheryffes and vlnage. 1454 Rolls of Parlt. V. 247 The Fermours of the Ulnage in the Counte of Somers[et] yerely.... Oxford English Dictionary
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Sir Daniel Bellingham, 1st Baronet
From 1661, he was one of a group that sought a patent to issue coinage in Ireland and that was granted the office of alnage of cloth in 1662. wikipedia.org
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aulner
▪ I. alner variant of almoner2. Obs., a purse.c 1460 Launfal 319, I wyll the yeve an alner I-mad of sylk and of gold cler.▪ II. † ˈalner, aulner Obs. rare. [a. OFr. aulnère, aulneor, mod.Fr. auneur (:—L. alenātor) n. of agent f. aulner to measure by the ell: see alnage and -er.] = alnager.1483 Act 1... Oxford English Dictionary
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aune
▪ I. ‖ aune (oːn) [Fr.; for etymol. see alnage.] An ell; an obsolete French cloth measure, which varied in length in different localities.1706 Lond. Gaz. No. 4218/3 Five Auns of Shalloon. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. Customs 111 To measure..Linen, in order to check the quantity of Aunes or Ells marked there... Oxford English Dictionary
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John Spring (MP for Northampton)
This is shown in the alnage accounts for Northamptonshire drawn up in November 1395, which record that he paid the unusually high subsidy of 3s.1¼d. on wikipedia.org
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Hugh Courtenay (died 1425)
He was also on the commission for "concealment of alnage" in Devon from July 1401. wikipedia.org
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measuring
▪ I. measuring, vbl. n. (ˈmɛʒ(j)ʊərɪŋ) [f. measure v. + -ing1.] 1. The action of the vb. measure; the process of taking measurements; measurement, mensuration.1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 7692 Bot swa sutelle and wise may na man be, Þat þat mesuryng knawes swa wele als he. 1461 in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Co... Oxford English Dictionary
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Thomas Bromley
In 1585 he obtained the right to grant licences for alnage, or supervision of the quality of woollen cloth – a position of mutual advantage for himself wikipedia.org
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