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Peterās Pence
medieval tax
Peterās Pence, in medieval England, an annual tax of a penny paid by landowners to the papal treasury in Rome. Peterās Pence was instituted during the 7th or 8th century and continued until the 16th century. It also existed in several northern European kingdoms.
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