† tolˈsester Obs.
Also toll-.
[f. toll n.1 + sester.]
A toll or duty of a sester of ale (sester 2) formerly payable in some manors to the lord of the manor for liberty to brew and sell ale.
| 1232 Charter Roll 16 Hen. III, m. 2 (P.R.O.) De singulis bracinis cerusie venalis vnum sexterium ceruisie quod dici consueuit Tolsester. 1499 Rot. Plac. in Itin. apud Cestriam 14 H. 7 (Blount 1670), Per Tolsester clamat esse quietum de reddendo unum Sextarium Cervisiæ quod continet xvi Lagenas. c 1640 J. Smyth Lives Berkeleys (1883) I. 341 In the 13{supt}{suph} of Edward the third, 284. tollcesters, which I call brewings. 1679 Blount Anc. Tenures 153 If any Alewife brewed Ale to sell, she was bound to satisfy the Lord for Tolsester. 1701 Cowell's Interpr., Tolcestrum, Tolsaster. 1706 Phillips, Tolsaster or Tolsester. |