Hist. Also 9 sawlshot. [f. SOUL sb. + SHOT sb.] = SOUL-SCOT.
1647. N. Bacon, Disc. Govt. Eng., I. xi. (1739), 20. Next comes a Fee at the death of the party, which was commonly called Soul-shot, and paid (before the dead body was buried) unto that Church where the dead party’s dwelling was.
1726. Ayliffe, Parergon, 379. There was a Duty paid at Funerals by our Saxon Ancestors, which was call’d the Saxon Soul-shot.
1838. Soames, Anglo-Saxon Ch. (ed. 2), 269. One of their objects also was to provide soul-shot on the death of every member.
1844. Lingard, Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858), II. 46. The body was deposited in the grave; the sawlshot paid.
1896. A. Austin, England’s Darling, II. iii. 52. Whoever falls Fighting for England, soul-shot sure shall be.
