Definition

• A name given to the quarter Noble, first issued by Edward III. See Noble.

  Ruding (i. 222) states that in 1346 Percival de Porche, master of the mint, "covenanted to make Mailles and Ferlinges of the alloy of old sterling. The Mailles to be of the weight of the standard of the Tower of London, and 23 shillings and three pence in number to the pound."

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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