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scavagium

scavagium, scawagium [ME scauage, AN (e)scawage < AS sceaw+-agium], custom levied on goods shown for sale by foreigners, esp. in London, scavage. 1267 quietus a thelonio, skawagio, lestagio, muriagio et omnimodis consuetudinibus que ‥ exigi poterunt Pat 85 m. 19; hoc anno [1253] statutum est per communam ne aliquis de libertate civitatis det de cetero ~uvagium de bestiis suis venditis in campo de Smethefeld Leg. Ant. Lond. 20; 1392 quia in ~wagio alibi, item il doit en le jour quant les viscountz alont a tour pour j hatte de bever iij s. iiij d. (Ac. of Maghfeld) Mod. Philol. XXIV 249; 1458 se obligat omnia onera expensas vixicum et aventuram ‥ supportare, ~vagio solommodo excepto Cl 309 m. 40d.; 1504 de ~vagio non recipiendo de subditis StRealm II 653.

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