Maletote

Quick meaning: Maletote is a noun meaning (historical, originally derogatory) An arbitrary tax; in particular, a levy imposed by the English monarch on a certain good beyond ordinary customs duties.

Meaning

(historical, originally derogatory) An arbitrary tax; in particular, a levy imposed by the English monarch on a certain good beyond ordinary customs duties.

Example Sentences

The occurrence of a Maltolte in history is of necessity limited to a somewhat brief period.

The king certainly acted illegally in some way or other, for the Parliament of 1339 declared that he was levying a maletote which it had never sanctioned.

[…] Scots soon learned that the maltolte on wool exports and later the new custom on alien merchants were to apply exactly in their country as in England; […]

A heavy (‘New’) custom or maletolt (5 marks per last of leather, 3 marks per sack of wool or 300 wool fells) was levied and the goods were then consigned to a staple at Dordrecht.

Word Forms

• maletotes
• maletolt
• maltolte
• maltolt

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include maletolt, maltolte, manbote, mulet, salt, merchet.

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