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. 1 2 "Sarplier". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 The Life and Works of Arthur Hall of Grantham. Manchester University Press. p. 221. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 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. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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