This was an allowance for drinks or an actual pot of ale given to certain workmen as a bonus, and references to the custom occur in a variety of early documents linked to building.
Literally ‘the aforesaid’, the things mentioned previously. It is now usually understood to refer to a building or buildings, and this meaning came about via title deeds and other legal documents which referred in the first place to a piece of property and then to the aforesaid property.
A duty paid to the guild known as Trinity House in Hull. The money was due for the loading and unloading of cargo in Hull and, under certain conditions, in ports such as Bridlington and Grimsby.
Of Prussia or produced in Prussia. It was used particularly in consignments of timber, flax, or skins for the fur trade, all of which were imported into Hull.