Middle English Dictionary Entry
revenū(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | revenū(e n. Also (error) reuenine; pl. reven(n)ues, etc. & revenuse, -eues, -ous, (error) reuenueth. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Return.
Associated quotations
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)175/29 : He atte no tyme couaunt wold breke: well know I, and Sertayne I haue of reuenine [read: reuenue].
2.
Pl.: (a) The incomes of a person, lord, or sovereign; (b) the revenues of a country, county, town, or religious institution; profites (rentes) and revenues, revenues and rentes, etc.; (c) the incomes derived from a person's or ruler's property; revenues and profites.
Associated quotations
a
- (1433) RParl.4.432a : All the Revenuz and Proffitz..that growith to you..suffisith not to the birdon and assiethyng of youre ordinarie yeerly Charges.
- (1449) RParl.5.149a : King Edward..ordeined his hole Staple of Wolls, Wolfell and other Merchandise to be at Calais..many yeres aftir there come grete Revenus to hym.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)218/13 : Thi procuratour of thi rentis and thi reuenues make him þat hathe grete enheritaunce & þat gouernethe it notablye.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)107/23 : Mani..haue be withdrawe oute of abbeyes for thaire londes and gret reuenus that haue befall vnto hem.
- a1456 Marmaduke SSecr.(Ashm 59)218/11 : Alle þe rentes and þe revenuz royalls beon waxen.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)117 : The French kynges reuenues ben..moche gratter than be the revenues wich..owre souerayn lorde hath off vs.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)62/3 : He may haue of theim the reuenewes that ought be resonably gadred in his contre.
- a1500(a1475) Ashby Dicta (Cmb Mm.4.42)378 : What dishonnour is to hym..That mysguideth his liuelode..And al his reuenues mysvseth.
- a1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)60 : Shewe me how moche bien the Rentis of the kyng and his Revenues.
b
- (1422) Proc.Privy C.3.17 : The proffitz of the Kyng and þe revenues of þe roiaume ben gretly encresed or anientisched by coustumers, countrollours, poisours, [etc.].
- (1433) RParl.4.478a : The seid Bailliffs..shall yeve good accounte..of all maner rentez, revenuz, and other profites..to the seid Auditours.
- (1440) Visit.Alnwick186b : We charge yowe..that..ye receyve no mo nunnes..then only be competently susteynede of the reuenues of your saide howse.
- (1442) Visit.Alnwick52a : We ordeyn that at the..fest of Myghelmesse ye [prioresse] ordeyn that two nunnes receyve alle the reuenues and profites of your saide pryorye.
- (1447-8) Shillingford96 : The rentz and revenues comyng of the saide towne..were answered to the noble progenitoures of our saide Soverayn Lord.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)130/14 : Whanne rentis & reuenues of a reaume surmountithe the kingis despence & his meyneis, that reaume may be callid a childe.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)p.12 : Ye haue youre toures, youre castelles, and your citees with the reuenewes of the empire.
- (1456) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2.p.56 : The Maire and Comyn Counsell..shall charge the seid Chamburleyns..otherwise but as hit may growe of the seid Chambre..of the revenewes, profytes, and avayles thereto.
- (1464) RParl.5.519b : Provided also that this Acte..extend not..unto..John, Priour and Covent of the Cathedrall Chirche of Seinte Trinite of..oure Graunte made..of the issues, profittes, revenuez, and emolumentz of th'Erchedekenye of Norwiche.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)116 : Here is shewed how the reuenues of Fraunce byn made grete.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)134/4 : Whan..the exspensis of folargesse ouer-Passyth the rentis, reuenueth [read: reuenues] of the roialme, and the receitis, than moste the kynge of his Peple har goodis take.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)33/30 : The cause of distruccion of reames is superfluyte of expenses aboue the revenves and rentes of citees.
c
- (1419) Let.in Ellis Orig.Let.ser.2.165 : The revenuz of ȝoure said Castel at Bourdeux ben so pore, [etc.].
- (1426) EEWills72/9 : I woll..þat all þe reuenuys and profitys comyng of my londes..be disposid..by þe discrecion of myn Executours.
- (1441) Pet.Chanc.in Seld.Soc.10131 : Water Brett..had gederid and resceyvid of the revenus of the seid maner x li.
- (1462) Will York in Sur.Soc.30256 : I wille that myn executours have xx l. of the revenous of the livelode.
- (1465) Will Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.4333 : I will that the revenuse and profyts of the seyd maner of Shelfanger and Multn be takyn and receyved be my wyff.
- (c1467) Paston (EETS)1.209 : Ȝe entend..to lewey and gader vpe the reuenuez and profitez commyng and growyng of and vppon þe maners of Westwode.
- (1473) RParl.6.83b : Provided..that neither this Acte nor any other..extend..to Thomas Pulteney..nor to any Graunte by us to hym made of any somme..to be had..of the issues, fermes, profittes, and revenuez of the Manere of Osprenge.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)1861 : Seynt Ambrose..[Tolde hym that he shulde kepe Oonly hys Temperall Lordshepe] Hys paleys..Hys cytes, castelles, &..The Revennues ther-off ytake.
- -?-(1459) Will in Som.RS 16191 : I..charge..that..they suffer my..wife..to take and Receiue all the issues profittis and Revenues commyng or growyng of all my forsaid londes.
3.
(a) The revenue authorized for a sovereign by a grant; (b) an item of income for a country or region; (c) the value or worth of a ruler's domains.
Associated quotations
a
- (1427) RParl.4.318b : Yat ye Collectours of ye goode and revenue of ye saide Grauntes be resonably rewarded.
- (1433) RParl.4.432b : Also that hit be ordeined..that no yift ne Graunte of lyfelod, Revenue, or good balangyng to youre Hienesse..be appointed..by youre Counseill, [etc.].
b
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)5.1857 : Rekne in Asie the gret pocessiouns With reuenus verray innumerable.
c
- a1456 Marmaduke SSecr.(Ashm 59)210/7 : Þe prince þe whiche trusteþe and estemeþe heos domynacions beon of gretter value and revenue þane þey may bere..may lightly bring al to desolacion.