wroth money local.
[variant of wrath money.]
(See quots.)
| 1730 Thomas Dugdale's Warwick. I. 4/2 A certain rent due unto the Lord of this Hundred [of Knightlow], called Wroth money, or Warth money,..probably the same with Ward penny. 1864 Chambers Bk. of Days II. 571/2 The payment..of Wroth or Ward money for protection, and probably also in lieu of military service. 1892 Pall Mall G. 12 Nov. 5/3 The [annual] custom of paying ‘wroth money’..at Knightlow Cross. |
So wroth silver (also wroth penny). local.
| 1864 Chambers Bk. of Days II. 571/2 The payment of this Wroth Silver. 1893 in N. & Q. 8th Ser. IV. 497 The Duke of Buccleuch..observed..the curious custom of collecting..‘Wroth Silver’, or ‘Wroth Penny’, from various parishes. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 11 Nov. 10/1 The Duke.. demands ‘wroth silver’..from some thirty parishes, and the nominal amounts are..placed in a stone trough on Knightlow Hill. 1900 Ibid. 12 Nov. 10/1 The Duke['s]..annual collection of ‘Wroth silver’..is a curious old custom, carried on for centuries, and observed each year, on November 11. |