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ˈscotale, ˈscot-ale Obs. exc. Hist.
Also 2 scot(t)hale, (scotteshale), 4 scotal(l.
[f. scot n.2 + -ale.]
An ‘ale’ or festival at which ale was drunk at the invitation of the lord of the manor or of a forester or other bailiff, for which ale a forced contribution was levied.
[1155–8in Cal. Charter Rolls (1906) II. 472 Quod omnes sint quieti de burdel..et de scotala..ita quod vicecomes meus..scotalam non faciat.] 1190in Stubbs Sel. Charters (1895) 266 Quod omnes sint quieti de jeresgieve et de scottes⁓hale, ita quod si vicecomes noster vel aliquis alius baillivus scotthale faciat. 1217Charter of Forest vii, Nullus forestarius vel bedellus de cetero faciat scotale, vel [etc.] 1235–52Rentalia Glastonbury (Somerset Rec. Soc.) 108 Item, potabit iij scotallas. 1474–5in Swayne Sarum Churchw. Acc. (1896) 17 Et in clauis emptis pro domo scotale hoc anno, vd. 1598J. Manwood Lawes Forest xxi. §4 (1615) 203/2 A Scottall or Scot-ale is, where any officer of the Forest doth keepe an Alehouse..and by colour of his office doth cause men to come to his house, and there to spend their money, for feare of hauing his displeasure. 1660Somner Gavelkind 29 It seems to be the same with what was afterwards called Scot-ale, whereof you may read in Matth. Paris, the Charter of the Forest, Bracton, the Mirroir, and elsewhere. 1874Stubbs Const. Hist. xiii. (1897) I. 672 Next to this the ‘scot-ale’ seems to have been the most burdensome local custom. The nature of this exaction is very obscure. It was however levied by the sheriff for his own emolument, probably as a reward for his services in maintaining the peace. |