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heriete (s.xiiiex)

The form hariott is a cross reference to the following entry:

heriete (s.xiiiex)

heriet,  heriot,  heryot;  heryez,  heiriez,  herrieet;  hariott; 
pl. heriottes;  heireez  
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  heriet H404 DMF: TLF: OED:  heriot n.  MED:  heriet n.  DMLBS:  herietum 1150c
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lawheriot (feudal service, payment made, by the heir(s) to the lord of the manor, upon the death of a tenant)
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300 )  e si nule manere d'estor veynt puys en le maner ou de doun, ou de akat, ou de envey, ou de heryez  HENLEY2 422.c.9
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  et si pleynement eyoms eu les gardes et les mariages, homages et relefs, et heireez (var. (D: c.1300) et herietz des heirs; (G: s.xiv1/3) e herietes) par tut ou les aver dussoums de dreit  BRITT i 71
( 1308-09 )  aprés qi mort cesti Waulter avowe la prise en noun de heriete com del meillour beste meinoveraunt en soun soil  YBB Ed II i 66
( c.1420-89 )  Seisin de hariott service, fyn pur alienacion etc. est traversable et nemi avoydable  Readings i 219.n.3
lawthe right to take heriot
( 1345 )  en ceste matere la noun seisine toude heriete  YBB 19 Ed III 367

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hariott