† ˈlovecop, ˈlufcop Obs.
[? a. ON. *lofkaup, f. lof licence, leave + kaup purchase.]
Some kind of local market-duty.
| 1278 in Jeake Charters Cinque Ports (1728) 11 Et quod habeant Infangtheff. Et quod sint Wrecfree & Wittfree, Lastagefree, & Lovecopefree. 1299 in Harrod Deeds & Rec. King's Lynn (1874) 93 Lufcop. 1374 Ibid. 83 Lovecop [mentioned with tronage and measurage]. 1857 Times 27 May 11/4 [Law Cases.] A decree had been agreed upon.. the effect of which would be to declare his Royal Highness..entitled..to a moiety of the custom or duty of ‘lofcop’, that is, to one moiety of the duties levied specifically upon corn, grain, or seeds exported by water from the port..of Lynn. |