单词 | stickpenny |
释义 | † stickpennyn. Obsolete. A payment made to the Crown for the right to gather shrubs and herbage. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > other dues, taxes, or imposts > [noun] groundagec1450 obit1468 battelc1475 consulage1589 stickpenny1601 garden penny1634 castle-guard1641 Thing-dues1886 1601 in Notes & Queries (1905) 10th Ser. III. 70/2 [In 1601 all the inhabitants of Cawston, Norfolk,..might take heath, ling, flags, &c., on paying the queen 13s. 4d. a year, by the name of] Stickpenny [. Elsewhere it is stated that they gave 10d. yearly for] stick pence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1601 |
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