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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Assise hering, n. [Assise n. 2 c; sise hering appears earlier.] A quantity of herring due to the King from boats engaged in the herring fishing.According to Skene (Verb. S. s.v. Assisa) the King ‘suld haue of everie Boat, that passis to the draue, and slayis herring, an thousand herring of ilk tak that halds, viz. of the Lambmes tak, of the winter tack, and of the Lentrone tack’. 1512 Reg. Privy S. I. 370/1.
A lettre of tak … of all and hale the assise hering of the west sey and lowis of the realme Ib. 371/2.
A lettre … of the tak of the Kingis assise hering of the eist seys of the realme in all partis 1542 Reg. Privy S. II. 428/1.
Oure soverane lordis assise hering of the west sey cost fra Pentland Firth in the north to the Mwle of Galloway in the south 1597 Acts IV. 131/2.
Assyis hering may nocht be disponit Ib.
All infeftmentis … of the assyis hering is null … becaus the said assyis hering pertenis to our souerane lord as ane part of his customes and annexit propertie 1600 Reg. Privy C. VI. 177.
The upnifting of the assyse herring and dewitie thairof 1615 Crim. Trials III. 109.
Captane Mason, having purchased a yeere tak of the assyise hering of the Northe Ylles [etc.]