Middle English Dictionary Entry
thurgh-tol n.
Entry Info
| Forms | thurgh-tol n. Also thorou(gh)tol, (early) thur(c)-, thourth-. |
| Etymology | From tō̆l n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A toll on goods passing through a place or between certain points.
Associated quotations
- (1228) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.155 : Ad dominum de Torkeseye pertinet thourth-toll' et overthuerttoll' inter locos subscriptos.
- (1275-6) Hundred R.Tower 1126 : Et si aliquis maneria habeat ex utraque parte civitatis et ducat suam carucam per mediam civitatem ballivi capiunt teoloneum quod vocatur Thurctol.
- (1295) in Madox Firma Burgi (1726)253 : De ix l. vii s. i d. ob. de quadam custuma quæ vocatur Thurtol.
- (1323) Pat.R.Edw.II327 : [A custom called] Thurghtol [on all merchandise passing through the town of Melton Moubray and Kyrkeby].
- (1377) Inquis.PM Edw.III14.333 : [The extent includes..tolls called] thorowtoll [and] thwerttoll.
- (1383) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)4.121 : [The market and fair..have ceased..but the custom called] thoroughtoll [belonging thereto is worth 6 s. 8 d. yearly].