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Conviviality and charity in medieval and early modern England - response to Judith M. Bennett, Past and Present, no. 134, February 1992
Past & Present, Feb, 1997 by Maria Moisa
(36) For instance, the entry for the offence committed by the most highly fined brewers states: `Next, it is presented at the said great inquisition that William of Bretton (3s. 4d.), Thomas Baker of Normanton (6s. 8d.), William of Methley (3s. 4d.) and Richard Caly (3s. 4d.) of the same, webster, brewed ales called help-ales against the statute, and that they put them for sale to the prejudice of the lord King's people.
Therefore each of them is amerced' (`Item presentatum est per magnam inquisitionem supradictam quod Gillam de Bretton (3s. 4d.), Thomas Baker de Normanton (6s. 8d.), Willelmus de Methley (3s. 4d.) de eadem, Ricardus Caly (3s. 4d.) de eadem, webster, brasiaverunt servisias vocatas help-ales contra statutum et easdem posuerunt vendicionem in prejudicium populi domini Regis. Ideo quilibet illorum est in misericordia'): Yorks. Archaeol. Soc., MD 225/1/132/1, Wakefield tourn of Oct. 1406. In later years, entries mention `excess profits' and `lucre': see Yorks. Archaeol. Soc., MD 225/1/146/1, Wakefield tourn of Oct. 1420; MD 225/1/165/2, Halifax tourn of Apr. 1440.
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