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 TRANSLATION Customs of murage of Oxford
For any quantity of grain, a farthing.
For each cartload of grain, a halfpenny.
For each horse, mare, bull or cow, a halfpenny.
For each hide of horse, mare, bull or cow, whether salted, tanned or 
untanned, a farthing.
For each iron-shod cart [loaded with] 
fresh or salted meat, 1½d.
For five bacons, a halfpenny.
For each fresh or salted salmon, a farthing.
For each lamprey brought to market before Easter, a farthing.
For 10 sheep, goats or  pigs, 1d.
For 10 woolfells, a halfpenny.
For each hundred fleeces or skins of sheep, goats, stags, hinds, bucks 
or does, a halfpenny.
For each hundred skins of lambs, kids, hares, rabbits, foxes, cats, or 
squirrels, a halfpenny.
For each broad-cloth, a halfpenny.
For each hundred linen cloths such as cloths of Ireland, Galway and 
Worstead, 1d.
For each silk cloth with gold saints[?], drapery and brocade, a halfpenny.
For each silk cloth without gilding but reinforced by "Chifs de Sendel", a farthing.
From any ship loaded with things for market, 3d.
For each tun of wine or ashes, 1½d.
For each horseload of ashes, 1½d.
For each cartload of honey, 1d.
For each sack of wool for sale, 2d.
For a truss of cloth brought, by cart, for sale, 2d.
For each horseload of cloth for sale, or other diverse small items for 
sale, a halfpenny.
For each cartload of iron, 1d.
For each horseload of iron, a halfpenny.
For each cartload of lead, 1d.
For each cartload of tan for sale, a farthing weekly.
For goods sold by weight, that is for a hundredweight, 1d.
For a wey of tallow or grease, 1d.
For each quarter of woad for sale, 2d.
For each hundredweight of alum, copperas, 
"Drigaylis", [or] 
verdigris, a halfpenny.
For two thousand onions, a farthing.
For 8 sheaves of garlic, a farthing.
For every thousand herring, a farthing.
For each cartload of sea-fish, 1d.
For each horseload of sea-fish, 1d.
For every hundred boards, a halfpenny.
For each millstone, a halfpenny.
For every thousand faggots.
For ten thousand turbot, a farthing.
From each ship loaded with turbot, 1d.
For each quarter of salt, a farthing.
For each wey of cheese or butter, a halfpenny.
For each cartload of combustibles or coal for sale, a halfpenny weekly.
For every thousand nails, a farthing.
For every hundred horseshoes or 
cart-hurdles, a farthing.
For each quarter of tan, a farthing.
For each truss of any kind of merchandize for sale that is worth more 
than 5 shillings, a farthing.
For every hundredweight of tin, bronze, or copper for sale, 2½d.
For every hundred steel bars, a halfpenny.
For every cartload of "Aberden", 1d.
For every hundredweight of stockfish, a farthing.
For ten stones of hemp, a farthing.
For ten gallons of oil, a halfpenny.
For every other thing, not otherwise specified, brought for sale that 
is worth more than two shillings, a farthing.
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