单词 | galley-halfpenny |
释义 | † galley-halfpennyn. Obsolete. A silver coin, said to have been introduced into England by the sailors of the Genoese and other galleys that traded to London. Its use was prohibited by law early in the 15th cent. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > halfpenny halfpennyc1330 ob.1389 galley-halfpenny1409 obolusc1450 make?1536 mail1570 meg?1738 mag?1775 tumbling tom1826 magpie1838 1409–10 Act 11 Hen. IV c. 5 Ordeinez est & establiz que les ditz galihalpenyes jāmes ne courgent en paiement..deinz le roiaulme Dengleterre. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 247 In þis tyme [sc. 4 Henry V] was it defendid þat galey-halfpenies schuld not be used. 1521–2 Churchwardens' Acct.-bk. in Notes & Queries 4th Ser. II. 344 Resaved for ij vnces of galy halfepenys sold this yere vis. iiijd. 1542 T. Becon New Pollecye of Warre sig. Biij My riches are not worth a Gally halfe peny. 1619 M. Dalton Countrey Justice (ed. 2) 253 Mony called Galley Halfe-pence..to bring and put in payment any such, was made felony by the Stat. 3.H.5.1. 1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 338 The half-pence of Janua (commonly call'd Galley-half-pence). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1409 |
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