Except that barons' sons, knights, or men that could Dispend at least 200 pounds yearly could wear velvet in gowns or coats, embroidery, and furs of leopards.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly
This emperor may Dispend as much as he will without estimation; for he not Dispendeth ne maketh no money but of leather imprinted or of paper.
"The-Travels-of-Sir-John-Mandeville"
Mandeville, John, Sir
And that money goeth throughout all the country and throughout all his provinces, for there and beyond them they make no money neither of gold nor of silver; and therefore he may Dispend enough, and outrageously.
"The-Travels-of-Sir-John-Mandeville"
Mandeville, John, Sir