Middle English Dictionary Entry
Pẹ̄ter-penī phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | Pẹ̄ter-penī phr. Also pet(e)res peni, peter his peni; pl. peter pens, -pounse, -penes, pet(e)res panes, petris pens, peters pans & peires panes. |
| Etymology | From Pẹ̄ter n. & penī n. Also cp. AF Pers, Peres. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Peter's pence, an annual tax of a penny levied on each household and paid to the papal see at Rome.
Associated quotations
- [ (1209) Pipe R.Winch16/46 : iij s. vj d. de residuis denariis Sancti Petri. ]
- [ (1252) Cart.Ramsey in RS 79.1321 : Ad Vincula Sancti Petri, unum denarium qui dicitur denarius Sancti Petri. ]
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31964 : Inne wes þe uormeste mon þe Peteres peni [Otho: Peter his peny] bigon.
- (1252-61) Cust.Glastonbury in Som.RS 5182 : Ad Peterespeny, j d.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)617 : Peteres panes [Corp-C: Petres panes] þat men gaderiez mani on, Þe pope nere nouȝt on i-send, ake þe kingue euerech-on.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9720 : Peires panes þat me gadereþ manion, Þe pope nere nouȝt on isend, ac þe king echon.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)10139 : Fram rome he broȝte an heste, þat me here nome Petres peni of ech hous þat smoke out of come.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.213 : A peny, þat longe tyme of Englisshe men was i-cleped Rome scot, but in Latyn it is i-cleped Peter his peny.
- (1405) Acc.St.Michael Bath in SANHS 2319 : Item de receptis peters pans iiij d. ob.
- ?a1425(a1400) Brut-1377 (Corp-C 174)316/12 : Hit was ordeyned that seynt Petris pens fro þat tyme forþ shold not be payd, þe whiche Kyng Iva..ferst graunted to Rome.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)213 : He graunted also þo to pay to Rome Euery ȝere a peny y-wys Of yche an house in his kyngdom, þat 'Peter pounse' y-clepud ȝet is.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)376 : Þe truage þat longeth to Rome Beth the Petir Pens þat of þat conquest come.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)137 : Every hous [in Ireland] schuld pay ȝerli a Petir peny to Rome.
- (1467-70) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.lxxxi : He and his predecessours..have been yerely charged unto the bisshop of Norwich..with the payment of the sinoges and Peter pens dewe.
- (1472-3) Mem.Ripon in Sur.Soc.81242 : 5 s. 4 d. de denariis Romanis vocatis Petirpenys.
- c1425 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.cxlvii : Crist wole þat men knowen hise prestis by kepyng of hise lawe..but antecrist makiþ hise knowen..bi peterpens gederynge.