Winchester measure Date" and presumed to be from c. 1250 - 1305. It states, "By Consent of the whole Realm the King’s Measure was made, so that an English Penny, which is called the Sterling, round without clipping, shall weigh Thirty-two Grains of Wheat dry in the midst of the Ear; Twenty-pence make an Ounce; and Twelve Ounces make a Pound, and Eight Pounds make a Gallon of Wine; and Eight Gallons of Wine make a Bushel of London; which is the Eighth Part of a Quarter." In 1496, "An Act for Weights and Measures" (12 Henry VII. c5.) stated "That the
Obsolete Polish units of measurement two "grzywnas", each in turn comprising 16 lots ("łut" of 0.0127 kg). For heavier goods the basic units were a stone ("kamień", 32 pounds or 12.976 kg) and Hundredweight ("cetnar", five stones or 64.80 kg). There were two sets of units of volume: one for fluids and the other for dry goods. Both used the gallon ("garniec") of 3.7689 litres as the basic unit. This was subdivided into 4 quarts (') of 0.9422 L or 16 '. For dry goods four gallons comprised a measure ('), 2 measures comprised a quarter ('), 4 quarters comprised a bushel (') of 120.6