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Combe, William
The history of the abbey church of St. Peter's Westminster: its antiquities and monuments ; in two volumes (Band 1) — London, 1812 [Cicognara, 3926-1]

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APPENDIX.

" half a pound weight), in lieu thereof, demanded of the cook the head of the fish, and
" as much below the gills as the breadth of three fingers, being extended. When the
" fish was boiled, it was carried in a dish to the table in the middle of the refectory,
" to which the prior and the convent rose. This day the fishermen had a right to dine
" at the same table with the prior and convent, and might demand of the cellarer ale
" and bread, for which the cellarer might demand as much as four fingers, with the
" thumb erect, could take of the said fish's tail."
 
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