Meaning of word in will

[Blacksmith75]

I'm not sure if anyone can help, but I've come across the words 'streke of malte' in an old 16th century will. All I can guess is that a 'streke' was an old form of measurement, but what that measurement was, I haven't a clue.

I've googled the word but had no luck so if anybody knows the meaning, or could point me in the direction of somwhere I could find out, I'd be very grateful.

Many thanks.

[Vance Mead]

My OED has a Strike, meaning a unit of measure usually equal to a bushel, though with regional variations. Also "the unit proportion of malt in ale or beer". Not sure what that means.

Also there is Strick, "A measure of capacity for corn, coal, etc."

[Aislin]

I did a search also, and found an Old English Lexicon and came up empty. But some of the websites that did come up in the search ended with .no. Could this be Norse, maybe? Norwegian?

[Vance Mead]

If you google "strike of malt" you'll find several examples from the 16th and 17th centuries. Like most measurements of that time it was variable.

[Blacksmith75]

Thanks very much. It certainly sounds as if it should be a 'strike' of malt. I think a bushel is 8 gallons, so that would make a lot of ale!

I guess my ancestors must have enjoyed a tipple, just like me, because on another branch of the tree, I have licensed victuallers.