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wicwerkum

wicwerkum, ~workum [? ME wic+werk, work], measure of salt (cf. wicum 2). a1167 (1447) sciatis me concessisse ‥ iiij wich' werc' salis de gernario meo apud Caneford (Cart. Com. Sarisb.) CalPat 114; 12‥ unum †whicwrc [? l. whicwercum] salis Rec. Eton XVII 13; 12‥ unum wychworcum salis Ib. XVII 14; 1274 de iiijxxxix wichewerk’ et ij ambr’, que faciunt ccxxij quart’ vij bus’ ij ambr’ (Old Lymington, Hants) MinAc 984/3 r. 1; 1456 Alianora ducissa Somers' receptoribus ‥ domini nostri de Caneford ‥ et conventus ‥ de B. ‥ annuatim habere consueverunt ‥ octo quarteria salis per nomen quatuor wichewerc' salis AncD B 12383.

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