escheatery
/ɪsˈt͡ʃiːtəɹi/
escheatery noun: the medieval English governmental office that recorded escheated property.
Noun
escheatery (uncountable)
- The medieval English governmental office that recorded escheated property.
- Thomas Singleton, bailiff of the escheatery of the town of Lancaster, rendered account in 1441 of £8 4s. 7d. due from ancient rents and various burgages and plats of land which had escheated to the king as duke from various causes.1914, “Lonsdale Hundred (North of the Sands)”, in William Farrer, J. Brownbill, editors, Victoria History of the County of Lancaster, volume 8, Constable and Company, page 39
- Most importantly, the administrative “experiments” of the Despensers—the home staple, escheatery restructuring, and the designation of “chamber lands”—were brought to an end or modified.2008 October 27, J. S. Bothwell, “The More Things Change: Isabella and Mortimer, Edward III, and the Painful Delay of a Royal Majority (1327-1330)”, in Charles Beem, editor, The Royal Minorities of...
Origin of escheatery
A calque from Middle English or Anglo-Norman escheterie; equivalent to escheat + -ery.
Questions about escheatery
- What does escheatery mean?
- Escheatery means the medieval English governmental office that recorded escheated property.
- What part of speech is escheatery?
- Escheatery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce escheatery?
- Escheatery is pronounced /ɪsˈt͡ʃiːtəɹi/.
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