"Peter's pence" were first presented by Ina, king of the Weet Saxons, to the Pope at Rome, for the endowment of an English college there, about A.D. 725. They were so called because they were paid on Peter Mass, August 1: The tax was levied on all families possessed of thirty-pence yearly rents in land, out of which they paid one penny. It wae confirmed by Offa, 777, and was afterwards claimed by the Popes as a tribute from England, and regularly collected, till suppressed by Henry VIII. in 1534. <£ am lUtUta CRESCENT READY MIXED PAINTS ARE YOU!
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 184, 6 August 1935, Page 15
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98Page 15 Advertisements Column 1 Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 184, 6 August 1935, Page 15
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