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ˈRome-scot Obs. exc. Hist.
Forms: 1 Romᵹescot, 2, 6–7 Romscot, 7–8 Roomscot; 1 Rome scott, 1– Rome scot, 3– Romescot, 8– Rome-scot (also 5 -scote, 5–6 -scotte).
[See Rome n. 2 and Scot n. The OE. word was probably the source of MDa. Romskud, MSw. Romskott, -skuth, ON. Rómaskattr.]
= Rome-penny.
c1050in Liebermann Gesetze 474 Romᵹescot sy aᵹifen on sanctus Petrus mæssedæᵹ ær undern æfter middesumera. c1050Laws Edw. Confessor c. 10 (Liebermann), De denario Santi Petri (qui Anglice dicitur Romescot). 1127O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1127, Þurh þæt he wæs legat of ðone Rome scott. c1130Henry of Huntingdon Hist. Angl. vi. (Rolls) 188 Rex vero Knut Romam splendide perrexit; et eleemosynam, quæ vocatur ‘Romscot’,..perenniter assignavit. c1237Roger of Wendover Flores Hist. (1841) I. 258 Denarium beati Petri,..quod Anglice ‘Romescot’ appellatur. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VI. 213 He..grauntede to seynt Peter of everiche hous of his kyngdom a peny, þat longe tyme of Englisshe men was i-cleped Rome scot. 1451in T. Gardner Hist. Dunwich (1754) 148 Payd..for Romescot in Fest. Paschae, 11 ob. 1512MS. Acc. St. John's Hospital, Canterbury, Payd for romscot to Cosmas Bleune cherche, j d.
1631Weever Anc. Mon. 157 Of Pardons, Pilgrimages, and Romescot. 1653Milton Hirelings 57 They..might produce..that Romescot, or Peter's penny, was by as good statute law paid to the Pope. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 188 Such a Badge of the Romish Supremacy, that no other Nation ever wore.., viz. Peter-Pence or Rome-Scot. 1812J. Brady Clavis Cal. II. 206 The confirmation he gave to the payment of the ancient Rome Scot, or Peter's Pence. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xvi. 415 Even Peter's pence, the ancient Romescot,..was witheld for a time.
attrib.1661J. Stephens Procurations 103 The Cardinal is pleased..to collect, that a judgement fell upon this Land, when first it fell off from Rome-scot pay.
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1596Spenser State Irel. Wks. (Globe) 663 This was the course which the Romains used in the conquest of England,..cutting upon everye portion of lande a reasonable rent, which they called Romescott.
So † Rome-shot. Obs.
c1100in Birch Cartul. Sax. III. 264 Relaxamus etiam eos qui intra villam ipsius procinctus commorantur a collecta denariorum quam romeschot appellant. a1121O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1095, Man syððan þæt Romᵹesceot be him sende. 1546Bale Eng. Votaries i. 43 b, Thys Inas..clogged the west Saxons with payment of the Rome shott. 1550Ibid. ii. H iv, He also restrained the Rome shot. 1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 177/1 Through which deuotion of the said kinges first came in the Peterpence or Romschots in this realme. a1643Sir J. Spelman Life Alfred (1709) 23 The same, it seems, was called Rome-shott or Peter Pence. |