Displaying 1 glossary term in Land Tenure & Law starting with G
Land Tenure & Law
Old English / Latin
Gaful / Tributum (Tribute & Rent in Kind)
OE gafol ('tribute, rent, payment') / Lat. tributum
Customary tribute, food-rent, or tenant dues payable in livestock, grain, honey, cheese, or silver by peasants and dependent estates to the lord or royal reeve.
Many ninth-century charters specify precise annual renders to be delivered to monastic refectories on major liturgical feasts.
“…and thanan aelce geare twa tunnan fulle hlutres alað and twa fotur hwæte to gafole…”
S 287 — Canterbury Food-Rent Clauses
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