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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • non·burgage noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of burgage1

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

Origin of burgage1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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