A Source-Book of English Social History

FOOTNOTES

M. E. Monckton Jones

[1] Tun, i.e., enclosure or township.

[2] Bot, i.e., amends.

[3] Wite, i.e., fine.

[4] Wed = Pledge against repetition of trespass.

[5] Pannage = Payment for right to graze swine in woodland.

[6] Yardland = 30 acres.

[7] Wer = Amount at which a man’s value to the community is reckoned.

[8] Port = Town not necessarily a sea-port.

[9] Burh = Fortified place, burg, bury.

[10] Oferhyrnes = Fine.

[11] Probably Greatley near Andover.

[12] Frith = Peace.

[13] Books = Written statements of property.

[14] Mass priest is any priest able to celebrate mass; used by Saxons for parish priest.

[15] Franchise = Free community.

[16] Soke = Land belonging to the city but outside the walls.

[17] Plea rolls = Record of appeals heard in the city courts.

[18] Socman = A free holder of land.

[19] i.e. shires, hundreds, tithings.

[20] Carucate = Hide, about 120 acres.

[21] Chirograph is the name for a bond or written record.

[22] Corodiers = Men holding by corrody, i.e. service of providing a night’s lodging.

[23] Mentz = Mainz, ruled by an archbishop.

[24] A mistake, Alexius did not reign till thirty years later.

[25] Title given to the son of the Holy Roman Emperor.

[26] Offenders were mainly members of the Corporation or the University, also some local landowners.

[27] Suburbs of Cambridge, Trumpington above, Chesterton below the town.

[28] The prohibition of iron-tyred carts was common in towns at this period.

[29] Speculators, investing capital in draining.

[30] Denied by Anglicans to-day.

[31] Lays, leys, or leas, is an old name for the common fields about a village.

[32] East India Co. had, in 1757, taken responsibility for the defence of Bengal, and been involved in war with the heir to the Mogul throne, 1759; the Nawab Mir Kasim, 1763; the Mahrattas, 1765; they also sold arms and artillery to natives.

Transcriber’s Note

All original spellings and hyphenations, including variations, were retained except in the cases of the following apparent typographical errors.

Page 38, “Christain” changed to “Christian.” (after the Christian merchants had)

Page 58, “destroyd” changed to “destroyed.” (caused all wears to be destroyed)

Page 84, “childen” changed to “children.” (enable children to grasp these social changes)

Page 90, “peny” changed to “penny.” (grote, halfgrote, penny, halfpenny)

Page 115, “Pezes” changed to “Pezos.” (eighteen thousand Pezos of gold and silver)

Page 142, “Henrouse” changed to “Henhouse.” (Ponds or Waters, Hennes from Henhouse)

Page 153, “stablished” changed to “established.” ( was the established National Church)

Page 167, “accomodation” changed to “accommodation.” (ending the war by an accommodation)

In footnote 27, “Surburbs” changed to “Suburbs.” (Suburbs of Cambridge, Trumpington above)

In the Index, the following entries were missing page numbers, which have been added by the transcriber:

Russian Company
Basings, Thomas de
Saint Sophia

The following presumed errors in the original were not altered in this text:

The heading “A.D. 1262” is repeated on pages 60 and 61.

The entry following “Prior” in the Index shows page numbers but no text.

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