1
law
tax
scot-ale, drinking feast or gathering, organized by a manorial or municipal official, for which a compulsory contribution of money or grain was exacted:
(
1259
)
ceus [...] de nul humme, clerc ne lai, [...] ne demanderont ne prendront aignel, ne garbe [...], ne scothales ne festales ne frunt
i 381
(
c.1292;
MS: c.1300
)
Et ausi soit enquis des baillifs fesauntz scotalles pur coiller argent des poveres gentz
i 91
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xiv1/3
)
En cest pecchié cheent touz ceauz qe receivent [...] blé ou garbes pur scotales e filstuales
27
(
MS: 1419
)
[...] qe nulle de la garde face scotale en mesme la garde [...] sur peyn d’emprisonement
333
scotale (1259)