The canons of Bolton were in a dispute in Chancery about the sale of 62 fothers of lead “which were fined and made out of the proper ore of your suppliant” and had been sold to John Chapman, of York, for £246″, which is after the value of £4/fother.

Reference: Early Chancery Proceedings, bundle 728, No.26, Monastic Chancery Proceedings. Y.R.S. 88 (1934) 14.15.