| 单词 | garden penny |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgarden penny garden penny n. now historical a payment or tithe formerly levied on garden produce. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > other dues, taxes, or imposts > [noun] groundagec1450 obit1468 battelc1475 consulage1589 stickpenny1601 garden penny1634 castle-guard1641 Thing-dues1886 1634 in I. Mortimer Berks. Glebe Terriers (1995) 24 Offerringes at Easter, Garden Penny, except the tithes of fiue yard land. 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Brighthelmston The vicar here..claims the old episcopal custom of a penny per head (commonly called Smoak-Money, or the Garden-Penny). 1882 City London Charities & Churches Bristol Sel. Pamphlets 6 In Bethnal Green there is a Composition Rate in lieu of Easter dues and ‘garden pennies’. 2010 M. Barber et al. Reformation to Permissive Society 273 The rector was denied..small tithes which, with ‘garden pennies’, Easter offerings and burial fees went to the church warden. < as lemmas |
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