Difference between revisions of "MRP: Commercial glossary"
From MarineLives
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
Aulnage | Aulnage | ||
| + | Borsholder | ||
| + | Copyhold | ||
| + | Court Leet and baron | ||
Long hundred: 120 (e.g. "(referring to the Act of 1533 which made it illegal to keep flocks over 2400 sheep) if any person hath or doth keep above the number of two thousand sheep, besides lambs of one year's age..." This is 2400, not 2000. (Beresford, M.W., The poll tax and census of sheep, 1549, Agricultual History Review, vol. ?, p. 12) | Long hundred: 120 (e.g. "(referring to the Act of 1533 which made it illegal to keep flocks over 2400 sheep) if any person hath or doth keep above the number of two thousand sheep, besides lambs of one year's age..." This is 2400, not 2000. (Beresford, M.W., The poll tax and census of sheep, 1549, Agricultual History Review, vol. ?, p. 12) | ||
| + | Quit rent | ||
Subsidy | Subsidy | ||
---- | ---- | ||
Revision as of 15:24, September 21, 2011
C17th commercial glossary
This page provides a glossary to commercial terminology found in seventeenth century primary documents. Legal terms of commercial importance are to be found in the companion legal glossary.
Terms for possible inclusion
Aulnage
Borsholder
Copyhold
Court Leet and baron
Long hundred: 120 (e.g. "(referring to the Act of 1533 which made it illegal to keep flocks over 2400 sheep) if any person hath or doth keep above the number of two thousand sheep, besides lambs of one year's age..." This is 2400, not 2000. (Beresford, M.W., The poll tax and census of sheep, 1549, Agricultual History Review, vol. ?, p. 12)
Quit rent
Subsidy
