Offences for over-priced ale were an annual occurrence, and the same defendants appeared regularly.
The rich and middling were presumably expected to drink ale or wine.
I have not heard of many men giving four goldadorned treasures to another on the ale-bench in a more friendly way!
Here, the rare word is alegar, a kind of vinegar made from ale.
In particular, it was considered important that suppliers of food staples, such as bread and ale, were traded honestly, as the maintenance of these supplies was vital to social order.
Could not these ales and stouts be provided as medical comforts?
It cannot be collected and grouped in the way that one brings together two pounds of potatoes or three pints of ale.
The difficulty was to arrive at a definition which would include a licensed restaurant, but would not include an ale house, tavern or public house.
