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† ˈtithing-penny Obs.
[f. tithing n. 3 + penny, q.v. for Forms.]
A customary duty formerly paid by manorial tenants to the lord, and also a payment by lords of manors at the hundred court.
1208in Calr. Charter Rolls (1903) I. 29 Libera et quieta de..wardpeny et averpeny et thethingpeny et hengwite. 1297Inq. Post Mortem Edw. I 80 (6) (P.R.O.) De tethyng⁓peny ad visus de hockday et ad festum Sancti Martini xl.s. 1334Inq. P.M. Edw. III 37 (22) (P.R.O.) Est ibidem [West Winterslow] quoddam feodum vocatum tethyngpeny viz ad festum Pasche et ad festum Sancti Michaelis xx.s. a1600MS. Cott. Vitell. C. 9 lf. 226 b, Tythinge-pany, hoc est quieti de tallagio decenæ sive Tythinge per consuetudinem. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Teding-, Tething-, or Tithing-Penny, a Tax or Allowance formerly paid to the Sheriff, from every Tithing, towards the Charge of keeping Courts. |