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Foolscap was named after the [[Court jester|fool]]'s [[cap and bells]] [[watermark]] commonly used from the fifteenth century onwards on paper of these dimensions.<ref>{{cite book |author=Müller, Lothar |title=White Magic: The Age of Paper. |place=Cambridge|publisher=Polity Press |date=2014|page=173}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/foolscap|title=Foolscap|last=Anon|work=The Free Dictionary|publisher=Farlex Inc.|accessdate=17 September 2009}}</ref> The earliest example of such paper was made in Germany in 1479. Unsubstantiated anecdotes suggest that this watermark was introduced to England in 1580 by [[John Spilman]], a German who established a papermill at [[Dartford (borough)|Dartford]], Kent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/gallery/|title=Entry in the Dartford Holy Trinity parish register for Sir John Spielman (Spillman), 8 November 1626|last=Anon|work=Medway: City Ark Document Gallery|publisher=Medway Council|accessdate=17 September 2009}}</ref> Apocryphally, the [[Rump Parliament]] substituted a fool's cap for the royal arms as a watermark on the paper used for the journals of Parliament.{{cn|date=March 2017}}

== Oficio (mexican)==

In Mexico, the '''foolscap folio''' paper size {{convert|8+1/2|×|13+1/2|in|sigfig=3}} / (21.6 cm x 34 cm) <ref>[https://www.officedepot.com.mx/medias/83143.jpg-1200ftw?context=bWFzdGVyfHJvb3R8NDE0NDAyfGltYWdlL2pwZWd8aDE5L2g3Mi85NTg1NDc4NTY1OTE4LmpwZ3xiZTUwODA5YWI2MDE2Yzg1OGZmN2E2N2Y0Y2E2MjNmMTc0MDdiNDI0OTZkYzViMzdlZDc0ODJmOGY4MTkzZjMx Photo of '''foolscap folio''' paper (* Mexican).]</ref>) is named (locally) ''oficio''.

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