Gilliflowers have been claimed to be used as payment for peppercorn rent in medieval feudal tenure contracts. For example, in 1262 in Bedfordshire an area of land called The Hyde was held by someone `for the rent of one clove of gilliflower`, and Elmore Court in Gloucester was granted to the Guise family by John De Burgh for the rent of `The clove of one Gillyflower` each year
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