makerellus

makerellus [ME, AN makerel] 1 mackerel; b (as exaction). c1159 quod abbas Fiscannensis et conventus de unaquaque nave de terra sua debent habere lothos allectium et ~orum omni tempore quo piscari possunt Act. Hen. II I 227; c1173 ipsi homines habere debent mercaturam suam in terra et in mari, et nominatim de ~o Ib. I 483; 1207 pro ~o ix d. Househ. Ac. I 113; 1262 quod ‥ ~os et alios bonos pisces ‥ emi ‥ faciatis Cl 27; 1343 pro quolibet ret’ ad makerell’ capiend’ , ob. MinAc 894/24; 13‥ piscator ‥ habeat ‥ mecaros sive ~os, salmones (Nominale) Neues Archiv IV 340; in sturgon lv s. ix d., in makerell’ xxxiij s. Ac. Obed. Abingd. 38; item de ~o, haddok, merlyng, et de coungre salsato et hujusmodi piscibus salsatis MGL I 240; item, ~um meliorem, in Quadragesima, pro j denario Ib. II 119.  b c1189 quam [masuram] ‥ tenuit liberam et quietam ab omni teloneo, pontagio ‥ maquerello, harengis Act. Hen. II II 334; 1309 clamant percipere et habere custumam makerell’ PQW 828a. 2 (as surname). iiij c[arucatas] quas ‥ tenet ‥ Rogerus Macherellus Surv. Linc. 242; 1212 Willelmus ~us de Portesm’ et Willelmus cum Barba ibidem EHR XLI 557.