1493 - Food And Drink
Food And Drink
London's 64-year-old Grocers' Company receives permission to appoint a garbeller whose function is to garbel (inspect) groceries, especially spices, and destroy adulterated products. A number of garbellers will be employed to fix seals of purity on spice cargoes before they can be weighed by the keeper of the King's Beam. A merchant whose goods are found to contain plugged peppercorns or nutmegs may have his goods seized; a dishonest merchant may be pilloried and have his adulterated spices burnt under his nose.
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France : and Aragon|Aragon : and France|Narbonne : Treaty of|Charles VIII of France|Ferdinand II of Aragon|popes : Alexander VI|Holy Roman Emperors : *Maximilian I|Este, Beatrice d'|Sforza, Ludovico|Holy Roman Emperors : *Maximilian I|Jan Olbracht of Poland|John Albert of Poland|Poland : parliament of|Holy Roman Emperors : Friedrich III|Holy Roman Emperors : Maximilian I|Sforza, Bianca Maria|Este, Beatrice d'|Sforza, Ludovico|Este, Isabella d'|Bengal|Mohammed Askia I of Songhai Empire|Songhai Empire|Mandingo Empire|popes : Alexander VI|colonialism : Spanish|colonialism : Portuguese|Tordesillas, Treaty of|Columbus, Christopher|Pinzón, Martin Alonso|colonialism : Spanish|Dominica|Martinique|Guadeloupe|Taíno|Puerto Rico|Montserrat|Saint Kitts|Hispaniola|capsicums (peppers)|Crivelli, Carlo|Perugino|Riemenschneider, Tilman|horse : Columbus and|cucumber : Columbus and|sugar : Canary Islands|Canary Islands : sugar cultivation in|sugar : Columbus and|sugar : in Hispaniola|Guadeloupe : pineapples and|pineapples : Columbus and|cherimoya|papaya|avocado|tomato|cacao|soursop|pineapples : India|pineapples : China|limes|allspice : Columbus and|sweet potatoes : Columbus discovery of|Grocers' Company|spices : adulteration of
