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A sheet of standard weights and measures in use during the twelfth year of the reign of Henry VII. Engraving, 1746, probably by I. Basire, after a manuscript of c.1497.
Wellcome Collection

A sheet of standard weights and measures in use during the twelfth year of the reign of Henry VII. Engraving, 1746, probably by I. Basire, after a manuscript of c.1497.

1746

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: The standard of weights and measures in the Exchquer. Anno.12 Henrici septimi.

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