Middle English Dictionary Entry
plakke n.
Entry Info
| Forms | plakke n. Also plack, plake. |
| Etymology | MDu. placke. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A coin common in the Netherlands in the 15th century, the 'Burgundian half groat, usually called patard or stuiver' [Hanham]; sengle ~, 'a half Carolus groat' [Hanham].
Associated quotations
- c1470(?1458) Wey Money (Bod 565)1 : At Calyse ye schal haue..for a doket xxiiij plackys, that ys best money vn to Brugys. At Brugeys ye schal haue as meny of plackys for a dim. nowbyl or a docket as ye had at Calyse. For a gyldern xix plackys.
- c1470(?1458) Wey Money (Bod 565)1 : And in Braban plackys beth clepyd styfers. A plack ys worth ij grotys of flemyshe callyd peneys..Thre plackys be worthe v d. Englysch; v geldernes and a plack be worth ij nowbelys Englysch..Theys aforeseyd wyl serue to Coleyne.
- (1479) Papers Cely in Camd.ser.3.120 : An gylden rydar, iij s. vj d., Item, ij docates..Item in plakes v li, v li fls.
- 1482 Let.Cely (PRO S.C.1 53/151)196/29 (p.180) : Item, ij Ryallys xiiij s. vj d., xxix s.; Item, an Phellypus, iij s. iiij d. Fl.; Item, in plakkys, xxvj d.
- 1482 Let.Cely (PRO S.C.1 53/140)187/27 (p.172) : Thes be the goldys and whyte mony that ffollowyth that ys apoynttyd ffor the payment, as they were corrant affore the Doches dyedd ..: the olde nobull at xj s.; and the Nemyng grotys at iiij d. ob.; the ryall at xiij s. iiij d.; and the old sengull plack at ij d. ob. ; and as ffor any oder goldys and oder syluer, they wyll non.
- a1600(1472) Rec.Bluemantle (Jul C.6)388 : He gave to the Kinges ofycers of armes viijcc doble plakkys of mony of Flaunders.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: The same word, essentially, as plake n., q.v.