mease

1

In Scotland, 14th century, a unit of count for herring, estimated by Gemmill and Mayhew¹ at 500, or 600 by the “long hundred” (that is, 120). Also spelled mayse.

1. Elizabeth Gemmill and Nicholas Mayhew.
Changing Values in Medieval Scotland. A Study of Prices, Money, and Weights and Measures.
Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Page 387.

2

In England, fifteenth century, a unit of mass for copper, = 1,200 pounds.

H. S. Cobb, editor.
The Overseas Trade of London. Exchequer Customs Accounts 1480-1.
London Record Society, 1990.