Sarpler

Sarpler, Sarplier or (in Scotland) Serplathe was a UK weight for wool.[1][2][3]

Definition

The Oxford English Dictionary defines a sarpler as 80 tods, where a tod is usually 28lbs[1] thus usually 80 x 28 lbs, or 160 stone, = 2,240 pounds (1,020 kg)

This definition is supported by Cowell's 1607 book:[3]

Sarpler is a quantitie of woll. This in Scotland is called Serplathe, and conteineth fourscore stone ...

Other descriptions

A different and apparently arithmetically confused definition is given in The Life and Works of Arthur Hall of Grantham, where he states:[2]

In a sarpler of wool is thre sacks, in everye sacke 26 stone at 14 pounde the stone, whiche makes 264 lbs., so as there is in a sarpler of wool 78 stone and 792 lbs.

References
  1. "Sarplier". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. The Life and Works of Arthur Hall of Grantham. Manchester University Press. 1919. p. 221. Retrieved 12 June 2016. sarpler.
  3. Cowell, John (1607). The Interpreter, Or, Booke Containing the Signification of Words: Wherein is Set Forth the True Meaning of All, Or the Most Part of Such Words and Terms as are Mentioned in the Law-writers ... Laws, Statutes, Or Other Antiquities. The Lawbook Exchange. ISBN 9781584772651. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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