Hock Money Publique Deposited
An obsolete English term for the money collected by various persons as Hocktide. In the Churchwardens' Accounts of St. Dunstan's Church in Canterbury, under the date 1484-1485, occurs the following entry: "Ress. by vs the seyde Wardeynes of Hockemoneye at Ester ix. s. xd."
In other old records the word is variously written Hok Money, Hoke Money, and Oke Money.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)