Definition

• This obsolete form of English revenue is described as follows by Wharton, in his Law Lexicon, 1864.

  " It is a royal revenue which belonged to every queen consort during her mar- riage with the King, and was due from every person who had made a voluntary offer or fine to the King amounting to ten marks or upwards. "

  It is mentioned by Blount, in his An- cient Tenures, 1679 (36), and Blackstone in his Commentaries (i. 221) says that " The queen ... is entitled to an antient perquisite called queen-gold or aurum re- ginae . "

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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