¶ Of the turnynge of poundes into markes or acres.
BY cause in coumptyng of money it is not muche vsed to compte anye summes in markes, but most cō¦monlye in poundes. Thefore because
The boke of measurying of lande as well of woodland as plowland, & pasture in the feelde: & to compt the true nombre of acres of the same. Newly corrected, & compiled by Sir Richarde de Benese.
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- The boke of measurying of lande as well of woodland as plowland, & pasture in the feelde: & to compt the true nombre of acres of the same. Newly corrected, & compiled by Sir Richarde de Benese.
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- Benese, Richard, d. 1546.
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- Impynted [sic] at London :: By Thomas Coldwell,
- [ca. 1565]
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- Surveying -- Early works to 1800.
- Carpentry -- Mathematics -- Early works to 1800.
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"The boke of measurying of lande as well of woodland as plowland, & pasture in the feelde: & to compt the true nombre of acres of the same. Newly corrected, & compiled by Sir Richarde de Benese." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A08438.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 7, 2025.
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Markes do sygnyfye acres in comp∣tynge the measures of lande, & poun¦des be not lyghtly turned into Mar∣kes by them that bee not experte in reakenynge, and castyng of a compt. Therfore in these sumes folowynge ye shall se pence turned into perches grotes turned into daye workes. xl. d into a roode, a noble in to dī. acre, a Royall into. iii. roodes: a marke into an acre, & poundes turned into Mar¦kes, the which there be named acres And this rule doth extende frō. i. d. to. xl. d. and from. xl. d. to. xx. s. & from xx. s. to an. C. li. and frō an hundred pounde, to a. M. pounde.