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kempus

kempus [ME kemp] , kemp, a measure of fish. 1317 ostendit ei tres kempes boni allecis Law Merch. 102; consimile illis tribus kempes [MS: kemp’] Ib.; c1325 de vendicione ~orum qui dicuntur pympirnoles non respondet hoc anno, eo quod nulli ibidem capti fuerunt propter ciccitatem temporis LTR Ac 16 r. 6; de mlcxxxv kemp’ anguillarum que dicuntur pimpernoles et viij shastel nichil hoc anno quia expenduntur in hospicio regine Ib. r. 3 (cf. ib. r. 5: de iij bindis anguillarum ibidem venditis); 1335 in v ~is allec’ rub’ emptis pro eodem Sacr. Ely II 65.

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