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chefage (1140-60)
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chefage (1140-60)

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chevage  
  FEW:  caput 2/i,336b Gdf:  chevage 2,108b GdfC: ∅ TL: chevage 2,354 DEAF:  chief  DMF:  chevage  TLF:  chevage  OED:  chevage n.  MED:  chevage n.  DMLBS: ∅

s.

lawtaxchevage, poll-money due to a feudal lord: 
( 1140-60; MS: 1140-60 )  Pur ço si mandum [...] que cel yglise seit franche [...] en dettes, en dismes, en censes, en chevages [...]  Ely Arch 268.3.11
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  le roy D. me demande chevage (var. (P: c.1310) truage)  Rom Chev ANTS 2293
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Puis les ad mis Davi en tel servage Que d’an en an lur fait doner chevage  Anc Test (B) 9736
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  un dener par an de chefage et un jour en aust de service  BRITT i 201
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