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trona

trona, ~um [AN, ME tron(e)], public weighing apparatus, tron. 1191 S. B. r. c. de c et xv s. de firma throsni et sextarii cum pertinentiis de anno preterito Pipe 135; 1192 de firma trosni Ib. 302; 1195 de firma throni Ib. 114; 1246 prior ‥ et canonici ‥ creaverunt unum novum ~ium ‥ nolentes permittere quod aliquis ponderaret nisi cum ~io illo ExchScot 12; ballivi ‥ venire faciant ‥ sex homines ‥ quibus ‥ injungat ‥ coronator quod ‥ colligent ‥ ulnas, ~as, stateras, et pondera cujuslibet generis tam pro pane quam pro aliis rebus venalibus provisa Fleta 74; 1298 unam ~am pro lanis in villa de Lenne ponderandis fieri [injunximus] MGL II 106; 1352 super dictos tronos Pipe 197 London (v. tronettus); 1356 licenciam dedimus prefato T. quod ipse ‥ c saccos lane ‥ per ~um pro lanis ponderandis in portu ville Novi Castri deputatum ‥ per tronatorem nostrum ‥ ponderare ‥ possit Foed. V 875a; 1460 pro structura novi ~i, tabularum, duodecim petrarum plumbi, pro ponderibus fiendis ad dictum tronum ExchScot VI 586.

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