lottare

lottare [cf. lotta] 1 (intr.) to pay lot, i. e. one’s share of local taxes, (~are et scottare) to pay lot and scot: a (var.); b (in charters of Despenser Lords of Glamorgan, in phr. ~ans et scottans or ? AN lotant et escotant, also in app. corrupt forms variously reported by edd.). a 1200 quod nullus burgensis predicte ville [Ipswich, Suff] sit quietus de custuma in eadem villa de merchandisis suis ‥ nisi sit ~ans et scottans in communibus auxiliis ‥ ville Gild Merch. II 120 (cf. ib. 125: 1274 ut sit ~ans et scottans secundum suum statum ad communia talliagia ville); c1230 debet ‥ scottare et lotare ad omnia communia dona et auxilia (Cust. Ogbourne St. George, Wilts) Doc. Bec 30; 1275 tenentes ‥ qui solebant [Hund. I 216a adds: †locare] lottiare et scottiare ad villatam de Middletun’ (Kent) HundR 1 m. 6 (cf. ib.: ~are et scotiare ‥ lotiare et scotiare); 1292 quod distringat ‥ abbatem ‥ ad ~andum (Cumb) PQW 117a; 13‥ combaro noster est et compar de nostra libertate et una nobiscum ~ans et scottans et in omnibus onera portans (Cust. New Romney, Kent) Reg. Rough 15; 1397 tenentes ‥ sunt de libertate ‥ portus et ~antes et scottantes in omnibus onera sua portantes cum hominibus de baronia IMisc 267/3; 1573 paratus ‥ ad scottandum et ~andum, si que taxat[iones] pro communi utilitate fuerint (Cust. Quinque Portuum) T. B. Howell, Complete Collect. of State Trials (London, 1813) XVII 850. b 1340 nec aliquis teneat ‥ tabernam nec corf faciet in villa nostra [Cardiff] ‥ nisi fuerit cum ‥ burgensibus nostris lotant et escotant et infra guldam libertatis ipsorum receptus Cardiff Records, ed., J. H. Matthews, I (Cardiff, 1898) 21 Cart. Glam. 1242: lotant’ et escotant’; 1346 (1424) nisi fuerit ‥ lotatum et scotatum [Llantrisant; =Arch. J. XXIX 352: locamum et scotamum] Cart. Glam. 1515; 1359 (1397) nisi fuerit ibidem residens, viz. potwallinge, et cum eis lotans et scotans (Neath) Ib. 1420; 1360 (1397) nisi fuerit ‥ lotatus et escotatus [unless to be referred to 2 infra but cf.Arch. Cambr. 4th ser. II 180: lotantus et escotantus] (Kenfig) Ib. 1413. 2 (tr.) to cause (person) to pay his share, to assess (person) for his share (in quot. pass., w. ref. to amercement). 1292 abbas ‥ ~atus fuit ad commune amerciamentum in itinere de foresta (Lancs) PQW 384a. 3 to distribute (goods) by lot. 1405 que quidem bona ‥ sic capta postea inter solidatorios predictos sortita et ~ata extiterunt Cl 254 m. 19d..

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