Glossary
Benifice: | An enclosed Church office yielding an income to its holder. |
Chattel: | An item of moveable personal property, such as furniture, domestic animals, etc. |
Cut: | Name given by the locals to the winterbourne that flows through the village. |
Heriot: | A death duty paid by villeins and free tenants to their Lord, often consisting of the dead man's best beast or chattel. |
Manor: | The Manor House of a lord and the lands attached to it. |
Patera: | A round flat ornament in bas-relief in freizes etc.-often applied loosely to rosettes and other flat ornaments (archit.) |
Pin Money: | An allowance by a husband to his wife for personal expenditure. |
Priory: | A religious house governed by a prior, sometimes being subordinate to an abbey. |
Tithe: | A tenth part of agricultural produce, personal income or profits contributed as a tax for the support of the church or clergy. |
Villein: | Worker on a country estate |
Winterbourne: | A stream that runs dry in the summer. |