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prichpottus

prichpottus [ME priche+pot(t)e] , sort of pot or vessel (in quot. containing eight or four gallons) for measuring or distributing beer, ‘pritch-pot’ (v. OED s. v. pritch III 4 ‘small or poor beer; perh. originally soured beer’). iste ‥ abbas primitus inter confratres istius ecclesie sacerdotio promotos ~os participari ordinavit: cuilibet, viz., monacho ‥ in presbyterum ordinato, absque alia servicia sibi deputata, omni septimana duos ~os, octo lagenas servicie continentes, de communi cellario percipiendas Chr. Evesham Cont. A 283.

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