Obs. Also 4–5 crocard(e. [Anglo-F. crokard: of uncertain origin.] A kind of foreign money, decried as base under Edward I.
1300. Act 27 Edward I., Mauveises monees que sunt appellez Pollardz et crokardz.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), VIII. 289. Kyng Edward dampned sodeynliche fals money þat was slyliche i-brouȝt up: men cleped þe money pollardes, crocardes and rosaries.
1494. Fabyan, Chron., VII. 401.
1605. Camden, Rem. (1657), 186. Afterward crocards and pollards were decried down to an halfe penny.
1769. Blackstone, Comm., IV. 98. Pollards and crockards, which were foreign coins of base metal.
