burgage
(in England) a tenure whereby burgesses or townspeople held lands or tenements of the king or other lord, usually for a fixed money rent.
(in Scotland) tenure directly from the crown of property in royal burghs in return for the service of watching and warding.
Origin of burgage
1Other words from burgage
- non·burg·age, noun
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How to use burgage in a sentence
Thus tenure at a money rent would become the typical tenure of a burgage tenement.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandAt Hereford the reeves consent was necessary when a burgage was to be sold, and he took a third of the price.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandAgainst a background of villeinage and week-work, the borough begins to stand out as the scene of burgage tenure.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandAgain, the kings gafol, that is his burgage rents, may be farmed: they are computed at a round sum.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William Maitlandburgage Manor, a house which his mother had taken at Southwell, near Nottingham, was his vacation home.
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British Dictionary definitions for burgage
/ (ˈbɜːɡɪdʒ) /
(in England) tenure of land or tenement in a town or city, which originally involved a fixed money rent
(in Scotland) the tenure of land direct from the crown in Scottish royal burghs in return for watching and warding
Origin of burgage
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