burgage

[ bur-gij ]

noun

, Law.

1. (in England) a tenure whereby burgesses or townspeople held lands or tenements of the king or other lord, usually for a fixed money rent.
2. (in Scotland) tenure directly from the crown of property in royal burghs in return for the service of watching and warding.

burgage

/ ˈbɜːɡɪdʒ /

noun

1. (in England) tenure of land or tenement in a town or city, which originally involved a fixed money rent
2. (in Scotland) the tenure of land direct from the crown in Scottish royal burghs in return for watching and warding

Other Words From

• non·burgage noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of burgage¹

1250–1300; Middle English borgage < Anglo-French borgage, burgage or Anglo-Latin burgāgium; burgh, -age

Word History and Origins

Origin of burgage¹

C14: from Medieval Latin burgāgium , from burgus , from Old English burg ; see borough

Example Sentences

Thus tenure at a money rent would become the typical tenure of a burgage tenement.

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At Hereford the reeves consent was necessary when a burgage was to be sold, and he took a third of the price.

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Against a background of villeinage and week-work, the borough begins to stand out as the scene of burgage tenure.

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Again, the kings gafol, that is his burgage rents, may be farmed: they are computed at a round sum.

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Burgage Manor, a house which his mother had taken at Southwell, near Nottingham, was his vacation home.

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