From 30 October to 7 November the lord of Chetwode manor could charge a toll on all cattle and pigs driven through his liberty. The start of the toll was proclaimed by blowing a horn at set places, and by Chambers’ time on the church hill at Buckingham, where gingerbread and beer were given to the boys. Local tradition said the right was granted to a lord of Chetwode who killed a great wild boar in the old forest of Rookwood.
The Rhyne Toll
30 October · Chetwode, Buckinghamshire
No longer kept
The Lord of Chetwode Manor has also the right to levy a yearly tax, called the 'Rhyne Toll,' on all cattle found within this liberty, between the 30th of October and the 7th of November, both days inclusive.
From Chambers's Book of Days, vol. 2, pp. 517-518. Read the original
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