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[Romescot] (s.xiii4/4)
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[Romescot] (s.xiii4/4)

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Romescoth,  Romiscot  
  FEW:  *skot 2 *17,130a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  escot 2 (*)  / romiscot  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  rome-scot n.  MED:  Rome n. (Rome-gescot)  / scot n.2 (rome scot)  DMLBS:  Romescotum 2851b

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eccl.taxRome-scot, Peter’s pence, annual tax paid by every household in England to the papal see: 
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  le dener seint Pere ki est apellé romiscot  Reis Engl1 110.3
( MS: s.xiv )  ala a Roma [...] et [la] dona a Seynt Pere devant l’apostoillie Leon ceo que est apelé ore romescoth, c’est a dire de chescone mesun un dener en le an  Reis Engl foltys 120.51

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See also:

escot1  romain  romaine1  romance1  romancer  romançour  Romanie1  romanz  romanzi  romeny 
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