Lexicographical Neighbors of Peckes
Literary usage of Peckes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selections from the Household Books of the Lord William Howard of Naworth by William Howard, George Ornsby (1878)
"SALTE AND SALTE STORE. December the 16th. For 2 peckes of salte, ... For 4 peckes
of salte, vj8. Aug. 2. For one bushell of salte for eales at Thorn- ..."
2. The Cheshire Sheaf edited by Francis Sanders, William Ferguson Irvine, J. Brownbill (1896)
"Edw: Kinsey, 8 in fam:, 14m. wheate, 1 m. meale, 3 peckes beanes. Mich: Tarleton,
3 in fam:, 1 souldier, 4 m. rye, 1 m. wheate, 14 m. meale, 1 pecke beanes. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Weights and Measures for the British Isles: The Middle Ages by Ronald Edward Zupko (1985)
"1628 Acts Scotland 5.l88: Exacting of ane pect to the boll. 1635 Dalton l44:
Eight quarts maketh the peck...4 peckes maketh the ..."
4. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1883)
"... one Busk & half & half a pecke - 22 Nich' Scott, three peckes - 12 Rich'1 ...
one Bushell - 16 Richd Pearse one Bushell & three peckes & half & for ..."
5. The Correspondence of John Cosin, D.D., Lord Bishop of Durham: Together with by John Cosin (1872)
"4d. For 3 load of malt brewed in the house, 31'. For 15 peckes of malt, ...
For 5 peckes of malt more for the fowles, 6s. 8d. To Robert Bittles, for ale and ..."
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