Middle English Dictionary Entry
peisāǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | peisāǧe n. Also peseage, pesage. |
| Etymology | OF pesage & ML pēsāgium, peisāgium. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A duty imposed for the service of weighing commodities; (b) cargo.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1403) Pet.Hen.IV in BGAS 1858 : Supplient tres humblement vos pouvres lieges de la ville de Cirencestre..et qils leur heirs et successours avauntdits as toutes jors soient ffraunkes et quites..de tolne, pontage, passage, pannage, lestage, layage, stallage, murage, fossage, cariage, pesage, cheminage. ]
- [ (1403) Pet.Hen.IV in BGAS 1873 : Ac etiam quod ipsi..liberi sint et quieti..de..cariagio, pesiagio, et chyminagio de omnibus bonis rebus et mercandizis suis quibuscumque. ]
- (1455) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)369 : [John] Mabywe [had been committed to prison for refusing to pay] pesage [for grinding and weighing his corn and flour].
- (1455) RParl.5.311b : Provided..that this Provition..extende not nor be prejudiciall to Richard Wydevill..of and for..the Profittes and Emolumentes of Waters, Fisshynges, Mylnes, Cranages, Stallages, Peisages, Passages, Mesures of Oyle, [etc.].
b
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)338/16 : Þere þai ladde & fryȝt lj schyppez with peseage [vr. pilage] for to haue come yn to Engelonde.