Middle English Dictionary Entry
tonnāǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tonnāǧe n. Also tonage. |
| Etymology | OF tonage, tonnage & AL tonagium. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A tax or duty levied on a tun of imported wine; ~ and poundage, poundage and ~.
Associated quotations
- (1422) RParl.4.173b : Of all Marchants Aliens..a subsidie of Tonage and Poundage..of every Tunne iii s.
- (1425) RParl.4.276a : The said Commens graunten to oure saide souverein Lord the Kyng..a subsidee of tonnage and poundage.
- (1450) RParl.5.183a : Youre..Communes been so empoverysshed..by the graunt of Tonnage and Poundage.
- (1453) RParl.5.228b : We..graunte..a Subsidie called Tonage.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)123 : Pondage and tonnage mey not be rekenned as parcell off the revenues wich the kynge hath ffor the mayntenance off his estate.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)157 : In that Parlyment was moche altercacyon by-twyne þe lordys and the comyns for tonage and poundage.