Goods which could only be sold by the standard weights and
measures (such as ounces, pounds, gallons, bushels) included sacks
of wool, leather, skins, ropes, glass, iron, lead, canvas, linen
cloth, tallow, spices, confections cheese, herrings, sugar,
pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, wheat, barley, oats, bread, and ale. The
prices required for bread and ale were based on the market price
for the wheat, barley, and oats from which they were made.
The punishment for repeated violations of required measures,
weights, or prices of bread and ale by a baker or brewer; selling
of spoiled or unwholesome wine, meat, fish by brewers, butchers,
or cooks; or a steward or bailiff receiving a bribe was reduced to
placement in a pillory with a shaven head so that these men would
still be fit for military service and not overcrowd the gaols.
Forest penalties were changed so that "No man shall lose either
life or member [limb] for killing of our deer. But if any man be
taken and convicted for taking our venison, he shall make a
grievous fine, if he has anything. And if he has nothing to lose,
he shall be imprisoned for a year and a day. And after that, if he
can find sufficient sureties, he shall be delivered, and, if not,
he shall abjure the realm of England."
The Forest Charter provided that: Every freeman may allow his pigs
to eat in his own wood in the King's forest. He may also drive his
pigs through the King's forest and tarry one night within the
forest without losing any of his pigs.
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