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burgages

burgages is the plural of burgage.

Meaning of burgage

Noun

burgage (countable and uncountable, plural burgages)

  1. (historical) A medieval tenure in socage under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town and was maintained for a yearly rent or for rendering an inferior service (not knight's service) such as watching and warding.
    • If any burgess be appealed of a plea whereon wager of battle may issue by a villein or outdweller , let him defend himself by oath, that is to say by the 36 men, unless he is challenged in respect of a crime that the law requires him to defend by battle, in no case ought a burgess to fight against...1907, Antiquities of Sunderland and Its Vicinity - Volumes 5-7, page 73

Questions about burgages

What is burgages the plural of?
Burgages is the plural of burgage.

Words near burgages in the dictionary

  1. Burfoot
  2. Burford
  3. Burfords
  4. burg
  5. burgage
  6. burgages
  7. Burgalese
  8. burgall
  9. burgalls
  10. burgamot
  11. burgamots

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