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In 1328 the Guild of Pepperers, one of the oldest in the City of London, was registered (using the Latin term 'grossarii' from which the word grocer has derived).
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In 1328 the Guild of Pepperers, one of the oldest in the City of London, was registered (using the Latin term 'grossarii' from which the word grocer has derived).
chained_bear commented on the word grossarii
"The spicers, peppers and grocers (from grossarii because of their use of large weights) soon formed into powerful London guilds selling ready-ground mixes. ..."
--Kate Colquhoun, Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking (NY: Bloomsbury, 2007), 55
More can be found in comment on cubebs. Also grocer and spicer.
January 8, 2017