Sorry, I meant to send to list as well. Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: ashpat <ashpat@tinyonline.co.uk> To: Chris Dickinson <chris@dickinson.uk.net> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [CUL-COP] The Mark [was: Cumbrian Manors] > Is that where we get the saying, near the mark > > Patricia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chris Dickinson <chris@dickinson.uk.net> > To: <ENG-CUL-COPELAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:03 PM > Subject: Re: [CUL-COP] The Mark [was: Cumbrian Manors] > > > > In Eric Fawcett's most appropriate example of the summoning of > > the manor court of Egremont, we get: > > > > >the people who were summoned to the Court Leet and did not > > >attend were both fined 3 shillings and 4 pence and were > > >detailed in the Court minutes !! > > > > > > I've previously mentioned 6s 8d; and it's just struck me that > > some of you may not know why such peculiar sums come up. > > > > Multiply 3s 4d by 6, or 6s 8d by 3, and you get 20s or £1. > > > > Such sums were, in other words, convenient sub-divisions, not > > precise valuations of something. In fact, when used officially or > > in accounts in early records, they are sub-divisions of the > > 'MARK' (a unit of account) that was valued at 13s 4d (two-thirds > > of £1). > > > > > > Chris > > chris@dickinson.uk.net > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >