Fotmal

The fotmal (Old English: fotmael, lit. "foot-measure"; Latin: fotmal), also known as the foot (pes), formel, fontinel, and fotmell, was an English unit of variable weight particularly used in measuring production, sales, and duties of lead.^[1]

Under the c. 1300 Assize of Weights and Measures, it was equal to 70 Merchants' pounds and made up ¹⁄₃₀ of a load of lead.^[2] Elsewhere, it was made of 70 avoirdupois pounds and made up ¹⁄₂₄ load.^[1] According to Kiernan, in 16th-century Derbyshire, the fotmal was divided into "boles" and made up ¹⁄₃₀ of a fother, meaning it was considered to be 84 avoirdupois pounds.^[1]

It continued to be used until the 16th century.^[1]

References

Citations

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Gill (1998), p. 132.
↑ Ruffhead, Owen, ed. (1763a), The Statutes at Large, I: From Magna Charta to the End of the Reign of King Henry the Sixth. To which is prefixed, A Table of the Titles of all the Publick and Private Statutes during that Time, London: Mark Basket for the Crown, pp. 148–149, https://books.google.com/books?id=tKZFAAAAcAAJ . (in English) & (in Latin) & (in Norman)

Bibliography

Gill, M.C. (1998), "Weights and Measures Used in the Lead Industry", British Mining, No. 61, Sheffield: Northern Mine Research Society, pp. 129–140, https://www.nmrs.org.uk/assets/pdf/BM61/BM61-129-140-weights.pdf

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[FOOTNOTEGill1998132-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Gill (1998), p. 132.

[tract-2] Ruffhead, Owen, ed. (1763a), The Statutes at Large, I: From Magna Charta to the End of the Reign of King Henry the Sixth. To which is prefixed, A Table of the Titles of all the Publick and Private Statutes during that Time, London: Mark Basket for the Crown, pp. 148–149, https://books.google.com/books?id=tKZFAAAAcAAJ . (in English) & (in Latin) & (in Norman)

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