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tolfatum

tolfatum [ME tol-fat, cf. vattum], multure dish, toll-fat (also as dry measure, typically equal to half a bushel, also to a quarter of a bushel). 1222 xvj ~a faciunt unum quarterium salis (Fines Kent) Reg. Roff. 369; 1225 debent sequi molendina ipsius prioris et ibi molere per xiij ~um [v. l. tolfetum] CurR 985; c1228 dabo eis decimum tolfattum de molendino de C. Cart. Dunstable 185; 1227 M. et ejus heredes molent totum bladum suum ad molendinum abbatis ‥ ad vicessimum primum ~um (Fines Cumb) Reg. S. Bees 367; 1297 de ix li. xj s. vij d. ob. de xxxxvij quar. vij bus. j ~o cursalis brasei ‥ vend', precium quar. iiij s. Ac. Cornw 13.

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