| Word |
Meaning |
| Apportionment |
The act of distributing land according to a plan. |
| Coppice |
Coppicing is a traditional method of woodland management. Young tree stems are cut down
to a foot or less from ground level.
In doing so, they sprout new vigorous shoots. |
| Deed |
A legal document signed, sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to
show the legal right to possess it.
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| Doles |
Portions of the common meadows allocated to tenants of the related open fields.
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| Enclosure |
A process whereby the open fields were gradually enclosed by hedges into smaller individually owned fields. |
| Freehold |
A tenure which was not subject to the rules of the manor, or the will of the Lord, and
which could be disposed of without restriction.
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| Glebe |
Land assigned to the clergyman of a parish and endowment of the church.
|
| Glebe terrier |
A document which lists the property held by the clergyman
|
| Hayward |
An official who supervised the repair of manorial or parish fences and who looked after
common stock of animals and empounded stray cattle.
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| Incumbent |
The official who holds an office, here
either the rector or vicar.
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| Manor |
An estate held by a landlord, who was a tenant of the crown.
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| Middle Ages |
The Middle Ages was the middle period in a division of European history into three 'ages': Classical civilization, the Middle Ages, and Modern Civilization. This is the period from the end of the Roman empire(450. AD) to the beginning of the Renaissance (14th century).
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| Pound |
An enclosure maintained by the manor to confine stray animals. A fine would be paid for
retrieval.
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| Reeve |
This was a deputy. In this case of a manor a man elected by other tenants of the manor
to organise the daily buisness. He was usually in charge of the agricultural policy of
the manor.
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| Selion |
A cultivated strip in an open field. |
| Squatter |
A person who encloses common land and builds on it without permission of lord. |
| Tenant |
Someone who pays rent to use land or a building |
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Tithe |
This is from an old word meaning "tenth". The tithe was a taxation-like system in which peasants gave one tenth of their produce to the church.
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|
Tithe record |
This allowed tithes to be commuted to a rent charge.
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