Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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†LORDSHIP, n. A percentage payment on sales of minerals, books, etc., a royalty (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Mining Terms 43); the mineral property itself (Id.).Gsw.1732Burgh Rec. Gsw. (B.R.S.) 378:
The treasurer received £106.19s 4d. from the tacksmen of the coal in the Muir of Gorbals as the town's fourth part of the lordship of 17,115 loads at 6d per load.Sc. 1767 Caled. Mercury (21 Oct.):
As to the coal, let them specify … by what number of colliers, and what they will offer in the different views of a lordship (that is, a certain proportion of the out-put, free of all charge to the master).Sc. 1795 Stat. Acc.1 XVIII. 237:
This quarry is set at £40 sterling annually, . . . for lordship 3 pence [per yard].Edb. 1835 Trans. Highl. Soc. 83:
The present tacksman is Mr George Johnston, late of the Redhall Quarry, who pays about £2000 of annual rent, and a lordship of one-third of the sales above that price.Slg. 1877 Scotsman (13 Jan.) 3:
The minerals pertaining to the Estate have been let on a trial lease to Messrs William Baird & Co., at fair lordships.Sc. 1902 R. W. Dron Coal-Fields 336:
The royalties paid for coal in the Clyde valley are generally from 4d. to 1s. per ton higher than the lordships payable for similar coal in the outlying districts.Sc. 1903 N.E.D.:
The publisher offered the author a lordship of 10 per cent on the amount of sales.
