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Ciric-Sceat, or Church-scot

By J. B.

Can any of your readers explain the following passage from Canute's Letter to the Archbishops, &c. of England, A.D. 1031. (*Wilkins Conc.* t. i. p. 298):— "Et in festivitate Sancti Martini primitæ seminum ad ecclesiam, sub cujus parochia quisque degit, quæ Anglice *Cure scet* nominatur." [If our correspondent refers to the glossary in the second vol. of Mr. Thorpe's admirable edition of the *Anglo-Saxon Laws*, which he edited for the Record Commission under the title of *Ancient Laws and Institutes of England*, he will find s.v. "*Ciric-Sceat—Primitiæ Seminum* church-scot or shot, an ecclesias…

Topics: Anglo-Saxon Laws, Church Dues, Historical Customs

Locations: England