Sarpler, Sarplier or (in Scotland) Serplathe was a UK weight for wool.
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Definition
The Oxford English Dictionary defines a sarpler as 80 tods, where a tod is usually 28lbs thus usually 80 x 28 lbs, or 160 stone, = 2,240 pounds (1,020 kg)
This definition is supported by Cowell's 1607 book:
Sarpler is a quantitie of woll. This in Scotland is called Serplathe, and conteineth fourscore stone ...
Other descriptions
A different and apparently arithmetically confused definition is given in The Life and Works of Arthur Hall of Grantham, where he states:
In a sarpler of wool is thre sacks, in everye sacke 26 stone at 14 pounde the stone, whiche makes 264 lbs., so as there is in a sarpler of wool 78 stone and 792 lbs.
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