1lawEnglishry, fact of being English or of English decent:
(
c.1292;
MS: c.1300
)
en temoygnaunce de englescherie
i 17
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xiv1/3
)
l’em appele cel parentie englescherie, lequel qe parentie i soit troevé dever pere ou dever mere
35
(
1321
)
Nous vous avoms demandé avant ore si vous devetz presenter inglecherie ou noun
Ed II xxvi 33
♦
lawpresentment of Englishry:
(
1321
)
E toucha qe englecherie fut qant askun du saunk chalenga cely [qe] fut occis qant il fut trové
Ed II xxvi 31
2
law
englishry, English area or tenancy in Welsh towns or counties:
(
1381
) nostre trescher et bien amé William de Tuttebury, nostre seneschal de l'englissherie de nostre seignurie de Keddewelly
=Kidwelly (Wales)
i 200.617
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