Middle English Dictionary Entry
tol-bọ̄th n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tol-bọ̄th n. Also tolboithe. |
| Etymology | From tol n.(1) & bọ̄th n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A custom house; a building, an office, or a stall where taxes are collected; a booth or similar place at a market where levies on transactions are paid; (b) in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1317) Inquis.PM Edw.II6.19 : [A sixth part of a fourth part of the] Tholboth [held of the king in chief].
- (1358) Reg.Edw.Blk.Pr.4.268 : [The prince..has granted to John de Sistede of Lenn that he shall have at farm whatever belongs to the prince of the] tolbothe [of Lenn].
- (1362) Reg.Edw.Blk.Pr.4.438 : [Grant to Thomas Clerc..of all the profits of the] tolboth [of Lenn and the houses pertaining thereto].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 5.27 : Jhesu wente out and syȝ a pupplican, Leeuy by name, sittinge at the tolbothe.
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) PSanct.(Vrn)309/4 : Matheu cald was his name, In a Tol-boþe sat þe same.
- (1435) Doc.in Rec.B.Nottingham 2360 : At ye west end of ye Fleshusse betux ye Tolle Bothe grese and ye norht west corner..are two stalles.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)909 : Oure Lord..segh Saynt Mathie nere hond In a tolboþe bifore hym stonde. For he..toke þe tol of marchaundye.
- a1450 Thynk man qwerof (Sln 2593)p.241 : Lytenyng at Lynne dede gret harm, Of tolbothe and of Fryre Carm.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)128b : A tolbuth: Tolloneum.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)213/3 : A hundred shelyngys, þe which he assynyd to be payd & hadde euyrlastyngely in the tolle bowthe of hys marcat of Banbury.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)254/32 : As he sat yn a tolle-boþe ful besy forto gete worldly lucure..Cryst com þat way.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)730/12 : Toloneum: a tolboythe.
b
- (1303) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.297 : De Lodewico de Tolboth pro ii pannis mixtis in grano et pro xi pannis sine grano, [cust.] xiiii s.
- (1357) Name in LuSE 79105 : Galfr. atte Tolboth.