Obs. [? a. ON. *lofkaup, f. lof licence, leave + kaup purchase.] Some kind of local market-duty.
1278. in Jeake, Charters Cinque Ports (1728), 11. Et quod habeant Infangtheff. Et quod sint Wrecfree & Wittfree, Lastagefree, & Lovecopefree.
1299. in Harrod, Deeds & Rec. King’s Lynn (1874), 93. Lufcop. Ibid. (1374), 83. Lovecop [mentioned with tronage and measurage].
1857. Times, 27 May, 11/4. [Law Cases.] A decree had been agreed upon,… the effect of which would be to declare his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales entitled … to a moiety of the custom or duty of ‘lofcop,’ that is, to one moiety of the duties levied specifically upon corn, grain, or seeds exported by water from the port or borough of Lynn.
