It appears irreconcileable to justice, that the offending wife should be punished with the loss of her tocher, which is generally her all.
The marriage took place at Woodstock on 5 September 1186; Henry II paid for the four days of festivities and returned Edinburgh Castle as part of the bride's tocher.
Here's a tocher for ye, and whan ye marry far away, ye' think of yere grand-uncle, though ye never saw him but once.
Her tocher was a mere thirty chalders of victual from the Oliphant estates.
Stewart's impressive rise to political prominence began soon after his marriage to Lady Katherine, a match which brought 20,000 merks scots in tocher.
Synonyms
marriage settlement, portion, marriage portion
Origin
Late 15th century: from Irish tochra, Scottish Gaelic tochradh.