wroth moneyn.
/ˈrɒθ ˌmʌni/, U.S. /ˈrɔθ ˌməni/, /ˈrɑθ ˌməni/ local.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > payment or service to feudal superior > [noun] > payment for protection
tenserie1154
wrath money1730
wroth money1730
wroth silver1864
1730 W. Thomas Dugdale's Antiq. Warwickshire (ed. 2) I. 4/2 A certain rent due unto the Lord of this Hundred [of Knightlow], called Wroth money, or Warth money,..probably the same with Ward penny.
1864 R. Chambers Bk. of Days II. 571/2 The payment..of Wroth or Ward money for protection, and probably also in lieu of military service.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Nov. 5/3 The [annual] custom of paying ‘wroth money’..at Knightlow Cross.
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wroth silver n.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > payment or service to feudal superior > [noun] > payment for protection
tenserie1154
wrath money1730
wroth money1730
wroth silver1864
1864 R. Chambers Bk. of Days II. 571/2 The payment of this Wroth Silver.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 11 Nov. 10/1 The Duke.. demands ‘wroth silver’..from some thirty parishes, and the nominal amounts are..placed in a stone trough on Knightlow Hill.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 12 Nov. 10/1 The Duke['s]..annual collection of ‘Wroth silver’..is a curious old custom, carried on for centuries, and observed each year, on November 11.
wroth penny n.
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1893 in Notes & Queries 8th Ser. IV. 497 The Duke of Buccleuch..observed..the curious custom of collecting..‘Wroth Silver’, or ‘Wroth Penny’, from various parishes.
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