The Pound Weight and the Pound Sterling

In a previous article attention was drawn to the many customary systems of weights and measures used in the past in different parts of the country. Since many of them remained in use until the late nineteenth century, it was suggested that familiarity with the customary measures formerly current in the study area was essential before drawing conclusions from documentary evidence originating in an earlier period. In that context little was said about the fundamental relationship between weight and coinage, and this short note is an attempt to rectify that omission. With a centralized monetary system since before the Conquest the apparent anomalies were not themselves regional, but since different weight and valuation systems were often applied to different commodities, the importance of their correct interpretation may be readily appreciated

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