mease

1) Originally a box or basket but first noted in Yorkshire as a container for herrings, possibly a barrel of a specific size.

1313 Pro iij lastis di. ij mayses allec emptis xiij li xiiijs, Bolton Priory

1535 tres barrel’ allec’ albis xlvs, x mayses allic. rub. distribut’ dictis pauperibus annuatim lxs, Fountains Abbey.

dates 1313 1535

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