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Scavage

A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors sheriffs etc for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts

Bounty of Queen Anne

under the charter, Archbishops and Bishops, the Judges, the Lords Lieutenants of Counties, the King's Counsel, and the Mayors of Cities, the quorum being five by the Parsonages Act, 1865, s. 5, of whom three at least

Cap of maintenance

it is carried at the coronation and other great solemnities. Caps of maintenance are also carried before the mayors of several cities in England.

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Scavage, Schevage, Schewage, or Shewage

Scavage, Schevage, Schewage, or Shewage, a toll or custom, exacted by mayors, sheriffs, etc., of merchant strangers, for wares showed or offered for sale within their liberties. Prohibited by 19

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