† groat-silvern.Obsolete a customary gratuity of a groat.
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1394–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 214 Hominibus de domo Dei pro eorum grotsilver, 6s. 8d.
1522–3 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 255 15 fratr. et soror. de domo Dei pro eorum grotsilver, cuilibet eorum 5d., 6s. 3d.