Definition

• W. Jones, in his Reports, 1675 (280), says: "In some places they have Plough silver and Reap silver, which is Socage Tenure now turned into Money."

  Tomlins, Law Dictionary, 1809, has "Plow silver in former times, was money paid by some tenants, in lieu of service to plough the lord's lands."

  Reap Silver, or Rep Silver, was a sum of money formerly paid by a tenant to a lord or other superior in commutation of his services in harvest time. It is referred to as early as 1299 in the Monuments of Mogdalen College, Oxford (145), under the name of Ripsulwer.

Quelle

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

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