The old Cornish units of measurement were used in the 1700s and based on English measurements in their name and rough size, although had slight difference in their values.

Area

Richard Carew's ''Survey of Cornwall'' (1602) says: : Cornish

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– 120 statute acres (or possibly 64), 8 score lease. Equal to 0.066 Acres. Cornish ferling/farthing – ¼ a Cornish acre Cornish lease – four sticks Cornish stick – four yards, three yards square Cornish

Knight's fee In feudal Anglo-Norman England and Ireland, a knight's fee was a unit measure of land deemed sufficient to support a knight. Of necessity, it would not only provide sustenance for himself, his family, and servants, but also the means to furnish him ...

– four Cornish acres Cornish rod – 160 lace to a Cornish acre, 36sq. rods Cornish lace – 18 ft square Cornish land rod/lorgh – half a lace, 9 ft square

Length

Capacity

Mass

Fish

Sources

* Thornton B. Edwards, ''Cornish! a Dictionary of Phrases, Terms and Epithets Beginning with the word "Cornish"'', 2005. {{systems of measurement Systems of units

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