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Apparently there is documentation that Edward II legally defined the inch in terms of 3 barleycorns, however it was in use since 1066 making it that William I may have defined it.

A barleycorn is still used today as the base measure between UK shoe sizes - each size up is a barleycorn longer than the previous.

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