A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1515, 1569, 1659-1684
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Rek(e)-penny, Reik-penny, n. Also: reyk-; rike-; rak d. (? erroneous form). [North. ME rekepeni a tax paid to the clergy by each house in the parish (1255). Cf. reke-meall (-money), s.v. Rek(e n.1 5 c.]c1420 Wynt. vi 462.
The rekpenny [C. reyk-] thai oysyd to call In all landis that payment c1515 Asloan MS I 202/18.
Mald the gud qwene that put dovn the reke penny of Yngland 1569 Reg. Privy C. I 672.
George Monro baillie of Ardmanoch … hes send his officiaris to tak up uncustomes sic as … ane rak d. from every cottar1659 Dumfries Council Min. 25 July.
The roll of the reik penny for the Witsonday terme efter settling thairof 1659 S. Leith Rec. 113.
That every incorporation shall meitt … to consider upo ane annuetie or reik penny for payment of the ministers stipend 1684 Law Memor. 202.
The bill anent rike-penny, pole-money, and retention-money, were rejected 1684 Lauder Notices Affairs II 525.
The collecting of the annuity and reikpenny of the Cannogate and landwart parish
