On Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:57:25 +0100, "Steven Gibbs" <stevenng4@sgibbs1.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > >"Steve Hayes" <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote in message >news:g2ggu8t1vagudqrtqunmcs1cmodu1qeuee@4ax.com... >> One of my ancestors is described in the 1851 census as a "sworn corn >> miler". >> >> Anyone know what that is? > >I think it's "Sworn corn meter", for which Google shows plenty of entries. >Don't know what one is yet, though. I found this on Rootschat: "I googled and found this Meters were men who did measuring - corn, coal, fish, coin in ancient days etc. Only fifty years ago Yarmouth had meters who measured the herring in peds ( baskets made of wicker ) Anything I GUESS that was sold in bulk had to be measured, especially corn, and the sworn meter was a man who was given the right to determine the measure. If he was a sworn meter he was guaranteeing the quantity or measure." So perhaps you're right. -- Steve Hayes Web: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/ http://hayesgreene.blogspot.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/afgen/