--Arest. MS. a. 1407.
It would seem also from his definition to be the same as the payment called
"Denaria Sacramentorum," that is:
"iidem denarii qui _singulis offerrebantur Dominicis_, ideoque
Sacramentorum dicti, quod tempore Sacrosancti Missae Sacrificii, pro
excellentia interdum nude appellati Sacramentum, a fidelibus
offerrentur."--_Annal. Bened._, t. iv. p. 466., n. 80. ad annum 1045.
These extracts sufficiently explain, perhaps, the payment known by the
different names of "Dominicals," "Palm-penny," and "Sacrament-pence;" and
still indicated, probably, by the weekly offertory of our communion
service.
Of a kindred nature were the "Denarii pro Requestis," or "Denarii
perquisiti," sometimes also {26} called "Denarii memoriales," pence paid
for masses in memory of the dead: called "pro requestis," because they were
obtained by special petition [requesta] from the curate; and "perquisiti,"
"perquisite pence," because they were demanded [perquirebantur] from the
devotion of the parishioners, over and above the customary offerings. And
in this, perhaps, we find the origin of our word "perquisite." (Lyndw.
_Prov._ p. 111., notes c, e. and p. 237.)
In further illustration of this subject, I will quote the following note
from Mr. Dansey's learned work _Horae Decanicae Rurales_, vol. i., p. 426.,
ed. 1844, which refers also to Blomefield's _Norfolk_, vol. iv.
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