Weigh House, Cornhill

Weigh House, Cornhill
   On the north side of Cornhill, for weighing merchandize at the king's beam (S.193).
   A master and Porters (ib.).
   The house was built by Sir Thos. Lovell (ib.).
   Now converted to other uses and a new Weigh House built in Little Eastcheap (q.v.) (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 150).
   Left to the Grocers' Company 1532 (Ct. H.W. II. 635).
   The Weyhouse for weighing corn was at Aldgate, 1357 (Cal. L. Bk. G. p.104) and 1408 (Ct. H.W. II. 378).

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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