The fotmal (, "foot-measure"; ), also known as the foot (), formel, fontinel, and fotmell, was an English unit of variable weight particularly used in measuring production, sales, and duties of lead. __NOTOC__ Under the Assize of Weights and Measures, it was equal to 70 Merchants' pounds and made up of a load of lead.. & & Elsewhere, it was made of 70 avoirdupois pounds and made up load. In 16th-century Derbyshire the fotmal was evidently divided into "boles" and made up of a fother, meaning it was considered to be 84 avoirdupois pounds.
It continued to be used until the 16th century.
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