206 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



By 5 and 6 Edward VI, the measure of the various kinds of 

 cloth manufactured in different parts of England is defined, as 

 also their length, breadth, and weight when thoroughly scoured 

 and milled. The broad cloths of Kent, Sussex, and Reading 

 are to be from 28 to 30 yards the piece, seven quarters broad, 

 and to weigh 90 Ibs. ; white Worcester long cloth and Coventry 

 cloth, 29 to 31 yards the piece, the same breadth as above, and 

 weight 84 Ibs. ; coloured Worcester and Coventry to be of the 

 same length and breadth, and weigh 80 Ibs. ; short Worcesters 

 shall contain from 23 to 25 yards, the same breadth as before, 

 and weigh 60 Ibs. ; coloured long cloths of Norfolk, Suffolk, 

 and Essex shall contain from 28 to 30 yards, be seven quarters 

 broad within the list, and weigh 80 Ibs. ; coloured short cloths 

 from 23 to 25 yards, and weigh 64 Ibs. at least, being of the 

 same breadth ; handy- warps of the same counties, of the same 

 length and breadth, every yard weighing three pounds ; white 

 handy- warps of the same counties, Coxsall whites and Glaynes- 

 ford handy-warps, to be of the same length, breadth, and weight ; 

 white and red cloths of Wilts, Gloucester, and Somerset, shall 

 be between 26 and 28 yards long, seven quarters broad, and 

 weigh 64 Ib. the piece ; broad Plunkets, azures, blues and other 

 cloths of the same counties to be between 25 and 27 yards 

 long, the same breadth, and weigh 68 Ibs. the piece ; ordinary 

 kerseys to be from 17 to 18 yards, the same breadth, and weigh 

 20 Ibs. the piece ; sooting kerseys to be of the same length and 

 breadth, and weigh 23 Ibs. ; Devonshire kerseys, called dozens, 

 are to contain from 12 to 13 yards, the same breadth, and 

 weigh 14 Ibs. ; Taunton and Bridgwater broad cloths to contain 

 the same length and breadth, narrow cloths, 23 to 25 yards in 

 length, a yard in breadth ; and each piece, broad or narrow, 

 shall weigh 34 Ibs. ; check kerseys and streats x , 17 to 18 yards 

 in length, one yard in breadth, and weigh 24 Ibs. ; Welsh 

 cottons, 32 yards 2 long, three-quarters of a yard broad, and 



1 These appear from 7 Ed. VI, c. 9, to have been manufactured in Devon and Cornwall. 



2 The word is 'goad' in the original, which seems by 8 Eliz. cap. 12, to be a 

 western word for yard. 



