Spencer, the word is Strikes or Strykes. I have it in a 1573 will from Tysoe ...12 Strykes of wheat priced at 16 shillings ...in the barn of Barley estimacion 10 stryke priced at 10 shillings I haven't traced it but I guess it is related to Sheave, or Stook, which is a bundle of cut straw with the grain heads still on. I seem to remember (in my youth in Birmingham!) that they placed the stooks upright in small 'pyramids' in the fields to dry out further before taking them in...not this year though, unless you like it wet!....and here's an opening for some land girl to reminisce about thrashing... Jon Malings county wexford, Ireland >From: "Spencer Field" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: [BAN] Need help with a will >Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:34:30 -0600 > >I am transcribeing a will of Richard Judd of Warmington, probated April 2nd >1658. He states ---- >[ Item I give and bequeath unto my so sonne John Judd six ?????? of >grinding corn and one cow] and two lines down he states [ and the six >?????? >of corn to be paid him yearly by his mother after my decease during her >life] > >I have looked on every weights and measure reference I can but find nothing >that will fit. The two words look the same and letter for letter, could be >KRIKES. I have never heard of such a word. Any and all suggestions are >greatly appreciated. > >Spencer Field >Calgary Canada > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ >British History Online >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message