Neat Gild Público Deposited
Wharton, Law Lexicon , 1864, states that this is "a certain rent of money, coin, or other thing, anciently paid to persons upon or near the borders, who were men of influence, and allied with certain robbers and brigands for protection from the devastations of the latter; rendered illegal by 43 Eliz. c. 13. Also rent paid in cattle, otherwise called neat-gild.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)