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In 1205 wheat was worth 12 pence per bushel, which was cheap, as there had been some years of famine previous thereto.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELLThe King now increased it to the enormous sum of two shilling and ten pence.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.They went away feeling ready for any trouble in reason, and they gave Leo more peacock feathers and pence than he could count.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLINGOn hearing this, the Earl of Gloucester at once sent Bruce a broad hint in the form of twelve pence and a pair of spurs.
KING ROBERT THE BRUCEA. F. MURISONFinally, on March 5, 1770, the Townshend Acts were repealed with the exception of the tax on tea: three pence per pound.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEYIn spite of this change, Parliament refused to repeal the three pence duty tax on tea which still had to be paid by the colonists.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEYTen pence was to be paid to the jailer for the furniture he put into the cell; ten pence only remained for food.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTThe government allowed twenty pence per day for the support of each prisoner.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTI visited one day, in Aberdeen, a restaurant where a copious repast was being served for the modest sum of two pence a head.
FRIEND MAC DONALDMAX O'RELLHe loveth no groats, nor pence, or two-pence; Give us red royals, if ye will see his abominable presence.New Gyse.
SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYHOUSESJOSEPH QUINCY ADAMS