peisagium

peisagium, pesagium [ME, AN peisage, OF pesage] 1 (act of) weighing or unit of measure or weight. 1291 blad’ vend’ ‥ et de iij s. ij d. de pessag’ putrid’ vend’ MinAc 997/8; 1294 item pro uno pessagio de uncto, xv s. ij d. KR Ac 5/2 m. 1; item pro uno pesagio de uncto, xxv s. Ib. m. 2. 2 (right to collect) peisage, duty levied for weighing of goods. c1185 liberi ‥ ab omni ‥ lestagio, pesagio ‥ pasnagio, passagio ‥ Act. Hen. II II 355; 1200 teneant predictam ferram ‥ cum stallagio et theloneo, pesagio et tronagio ‥ RChart 35b; 1222 liberi et quieti de tholoneo ‥ pesagio BNB II 121; 1231 custodia tronagii et pesagii Bristolli Cl 573; 1307 cum tronagio et pesagio et cum omnibus libertatibus ‥ (Berwick) BBC 324; 1359 quieti sint de ‥ pavagio, pontagio ‥ passagio, pajagio ‥ pessagio, picagio MunCOx 138; 1369 sciatis quod commisimus ‥ Ricardo de Wyght ocium pesagii lanarum in portu ‥ Berewici RScot 931a; 1486 (v. peisatio).

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