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burgage (1260)

burgage (1260)

borgage,  bourgage  (burghaye  YBB Ed II xii 113)  
  FEW:  *burg- 15/ii,17b Gdf:  bourgage 1 1,705a GdfC: TL: borgage 1,1072 DEAF:  borc (borgage)  DMF:  bourgage  TLF: OED:  burgage n.  MED:  burgage n.  DMLBS:  burgagium 2 225b

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lawburgage, tenure in towns, under which land is held of the Crown by a fixed money rent
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  Bourgage est tenement de cité ou de bourg ou de autre lu privilegié par nous ou par nos predecessours  BRITT ii 12
( 1314 )  ceux tenementz ne sunt mye burgage, qar burgage est proprement tenementz qe sunt tenuz de Roi en chief par certeyn rente en ville de burgage  YBB Ed II xviii 73
lawtenement held by burgage
( 1334 )  pur divers burgages, lesqueus il tient de luy en mesme la ville  Percy Ch 296
( 1339 )  e touz les burgeys que ont burgages & fraunchises dedeinz la dite ville [...]  Rot Parl1 ii 108
( 1367 )  la moité d’une burgage edifié ové ses appurtenaunces en Ledeburg  Reg Charl 46
lawborough belonging to the Crown or to an individual
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  quant les countez furent feoffez des countees, barouns des baronies [...] burgois e marchanz des burgages  Mir Just 80
( 1311 )  Nous sumes burgeis de Salope et voz tenantz de cel burgage  YBB Ed II xi 82
franc burgage
lawtenure in a free, privileged borough
( 1260; MS: s.xiv3/3 )  la ou le demandant claime a tenir en franc mariage ou en franc sokage ou en franc burgage ou en gavelkende  Brev Plac 155
( 1291 )  qe nul terre tenaunt en meyme la vyle face homage ne fealté [...] pur nul tenement q’il tient en la vyle, nomément de ceo qe est tenu purement en fraunke burgage  Bor Cust ii 83
lawfree, privileged borough
( 1340 )  Bristut est fraunc burgage le Roi  YBB 14-15 Ed III 185
tenure en burgage
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ville de burgage
lawborough
( 1314 )  Burgageest proprement tenementz qe sunt tenuz de Roi en chief par certeyn rente en ville de burgage  YBB Ed II xviii 73
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