1517 in 47 311 For xviij dedshares..at v.s. a moneth— vj. li. vj. s.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Dead-shares, an allowance formerly made to officers of the fleet, from fictitious numbers borne on the complement (temp. Henry VIII.), varying from fifty shares for an admiral, to half a share for the cook's mate.