One piece of legislation remains to be told before closing the period. In the first year of Richard III. (c. 13), it was enacted that malmsey should in future be imported only in butts of 126 gallons. This measure was for the prevention of frauds on the revenue. It was repealed by an Act of George IV.
FOOTNOTES:
[77] Massinger: A New Way to Pay Old Debts.
[78] Allen, History of Lambeth.
[79] Roberts: Social History of the Southern Counties.
[80] Dodsworth’s MSS., Bibl. Bod., vol. 148, p. 97.
[81] Speechly: Treatise on Culture of Wine, 2nd ed. p. 270.
[82] Richard III., act i. scene 4.
[83] Researches in Greece, p. 197.