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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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(Postulat,) Postolat, Postillat, Postlat, n.² Also: postyllat. [e.m.E. postlate (1475–88, Cely P. in P. Grierson ‘Coinage in the Cely Papers’, see below), MDu. postulaet etc. (15th c.), MLG postulatus, postulat, MDu. postulaetsche, postulaets gulden (1443), MLG postulatesche gulden (1441), MFris. postulatus gelden (cf. postlat gudlyng below), MF postulat (1468 in Du Cange), med. L. postulatus (1460 in Du Cange), f. med. L. postulatus Postulat n.¹, the designation of Rudolf of Diepholt who was postulate before becoming in 1432 bishop of Utrecht (Grierson).] Orig., the debased gulden of Rudolf of Diepholt, bishop of Utrecht (1426–55); subsequently applied to other coins of base gold of similar type struck at various mints in the Low Countries, esp. those of Liège issued by Bishop John of Heinsberg (1453–5), later known as the vieux postulat (cf. ald postillat below) or postulat Lambert, by Bishop Louis of Borbon (1456–82), described 1477 as the nouvel postulat, and by Bishop John of Horn (1484–1505) (cf. Hornis postillat, postillat Horn below): see further P. Grierson ‘Coinage in the Cely Papers’, Misc. Mediæv. in memoriam J.F. Niermeyer, Groningen 1967, pp. 397–9. — 1461 Aberd. B. Rec. MS V i 416.
Robert Grey of the said burgh borowit at Scheveran pursevant to the Duk of Burgundȝe xxi salutis & a postolat Ib. 419.
The wrangvus haldyn fra hym of xvj salutis & j postlat gudlyng 1493 Halyb. 100.
2 lewis, 1 postillat Horn, and a ald postyllat 1494 Ib. 36.
Of the quhilk ther vas 10 klynkaris 31 ducatis half angllis 6 Hornis postillatis half a Frans croun [etc.] Ib. 51.
Thir ar the steykkis of gold at John of Carkatill … hed [etc.] … Item xxxi ducatis, Item fyfte Byris gudlins and Georgis, Item vi Hornis postyllatis [etc.]