| 单词 | farthing of gold |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfarthing (of gold) a. A quarter noble; also farthing noble. (The Anglo-Norman statute of 1421 has ferling.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > noble or angel > quarter-noble farthing (of gold)1463 farthing-noble15.. quarter noble1577 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 15 I beqwethe to..Davn John Wulfpet..a ferthing of gold. ?1530 J. Rastell Pastyme of People sig. *Di [In 1351] the kynge stablysshed his coyne..and ordayned that..a noble of golde shulde go for halfe a marke, and...xx.d. for a farthynge of golde, and .xii. of those farthynges of golde dyd way an ounce. b. A quarter royal (see quot. a1513). ΚΠ a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. ccxixv This yere [1464–5] was a newe Coyne ordeyned by the kynge, the whiche was namyd the Royall, & was & yet is in value of .x. Shillynges, The halfe Royall .v.s. and the ferthynge .ii. s. vi. d. < as lemmas |
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