smoke farthings

smoke farthings
An ancient tax. As early as the Norman Conquest mention is made in Domesday Book of "fumage" or "fuage," vulgarly called "smoke farthings," which were a tax or duty paid by custom to the king for every chimney in the house. See 1 Bl Comm 324.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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