Assize of Bread and Ale | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 12/12/2018

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Assize of Bread and Ale


00:00:52 1 Origin
00:01:12 2 Background
00:02:14 3 Economic context
00:02:41 4 Declarations
00:03:17 4.1 Bread
00:04:19 4.2 Ale
00:05:47 5 See also
00:06:06 6 Notes
00:06:14 7 Bibliography



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The Assize of Bread and Ale (Latin: Assisa panis et cervisiae) was a 13th-century law in high medieval England, which regulated the price, weight and quality of the bread and beer manufactured and sold in towns, villages and hamlets. It was the first law in British history to regulate the production and sale of food. At the local level, this resulted in regulatory licensing systems, with arbitrary recurring fees, and fines and punishments for lawbreakers (see amercement). In rural areas, the statute was enforced by manorial lords, who held tri-weekly court sessions.The law was amended by the Bread Acts of 1822 and 1836, which stipulated that loaves should be sold by the pound, or multiple thereof, and finally repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125).