burgage
English edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle English burgage, from Old French bourgage and Medieval Latin burgāgium; equivalent to burg + -age.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɝɡɪd͡ʒ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɜːɡɪd͡ʒ/
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Noun edit
burgage (countable and uncountable, plural burgages)
- (historical) A medieval tenure in socage under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town, and was maintained for a yearly rent or for rendering an inferior service (not knight's service) such as watching and warding.
- 1914, “Lonsdale Hundred (North of the Sands)”, in William Farrer, J. Brownbill, editors, Victoria History of the County of Lancaster[1], volume 8, Constable and Company, page 39:
- 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.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French bourgage and Medieval Latin burgāgium; equivalent to Old French bourg + -age.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
burgage (plural burgages)
- Land held under a feudal ruler (often in exchange for a rent alone)
- (rare) The tenure that such land is held under; burgage.
- (rare) A fortified town entitled to certain rights; a borough.
Descendants edit
- English: burgage
References edit
- “burgāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.