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They say also that if any brewer, or his servant, to HI.
the aforesaid milnes going with their malt there to be
ground,
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whether it be much or httle, if by chance L_
any of the said malt do fall upon the ground beside the milne 7. Inquisition,
where it is ground, although it were within the Rynde or without, 1400.
the aforesaid breuer nor his servant shall not be bound to take the
said malt to his house, although it were ground or not, for fear of
the said milners : In great extortion of the common people : Which
the said keeper and milners have taken to their proper uses and not
to the profit of the lord : by year by estimation ten pounds :
they and their predecessors have continued for forty years
so
And
and more.
[Grain within the rynd was actually within the millstone, whence it was Text, III. 164.
almost impossible for it to fall, unless improperly fed from the hopper ; the special
accusation being, however, generally that grain falling on the floor of the mill
became the perquisite of the miller.]
They say that by common assent of the said milners
For the schole ^ keepers they have a certain scole that they take
of the milnes. ^
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in the name of the said Earl with that [besides thatj
they take to his commoditie and profit : That is, against the right
of the said lord, sometimes for five pence, sometimes for four
pence, and sometimes more and sometimes less : Which said money
they divide among them : In prejudice and deceit of our sovereign
lord the King and Earl of Chester, and to the great damage and
extortion of the common people, of the yearly value by estimation of
forty shillings : And so they and their predecessors have continued
of forty years as is aforesaid.
They say also that where people of our sovereign
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corn
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at the said milnes called ToUe Corne, by which all
men that do buy the same shall be free without any toll
[for
grinding] therefor : paying Now the aforesaid milners do constrain
and do take toll of the said corn so : bought In extortion of the
common people by the yearly value of ten shillings.
Hollerin They say also that there is a certain payment in the
said mylnes called Hollerin which he doth take of
every sack a farthing where they ought to take no farthing : Which
said farthing the said keeper and milners do take to their own
proper uses : In extortion and great damage of the common people,
to the yearly value of : forty shillings And so they and their predecessors
have continued by forty years and more.
. They say also that if any man or woman or their
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servant, to the said milnes coming with their malt there
to grind, the foresaid milners the same malt will not
grind [properly] : but a great part thereof shall be whole, and not well
ground nor truly, unto he pay the said milners a penny or twopence
for grinding of the same malt : otherwise the said malt shall not be
ground To
in default of the said milners :
the grievous damage of
so they
the comrnon people, to the yearly value of ten shillings : And
have continued by ten years.
and milners
Too large a toll- They say also that where the said keeper
hoop. have used to have a measure called a toll-hope in