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quiterente (1327)

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

quiterente (1327)

quiterend,  quiterent,  quitrent,  quitrente  
  FEW:  quietus *2/ii,1470b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  quite (*)  DMF: TLF: OED:  quit-rent n.  MED:  quit(e-rent(e  DMLBS:
ls(loanword: M.E. (?))
le

s.

lawtaxquit-rent, (small) rent paid by a tenant in lieu of services which may otherwise be required
( 1327 )  si ascun ayt quiterente en la dite ville [...], e les tenauntz des terres [...] eit enclos le tenement, issynt q'il ne puit entre[r] a detreinde pur la dite rente [...]  Bor Cust i 291
( 1334-35 )  .xxxij. darrés de quite rend issant de un tenement [...] en Crossegate  Sel Bills Eyre 150.174
( 1381-82 )  ele ad une quite rente de .x. marcz par an a tout sa vie, issauntz del tenement Alice Peres  Rot Parl1 iii 130
( 1422-23 )  Item pur quitrent a S. Maries Overey par .iij. ans arerez - .xxvj. s.  Mch Tayl Accs1 1 Henry VI

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See also:

quitage  quitance  quite1  quité  quiteclaim  quiteclamacion  quiteclamance  quiteclamer  quiteclamur  quiteil  quitement  quiter  quiterente  quitus1  rente 
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