Custumal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Custumal is a noun meaning (historical) A survey of a medieval English manor, listing each tenant and the customs under which the tenancy was held.
Meaning
(historical) A survey of a medieval English manor, listing each tenant and the customs under which the tenancy was held.
Example Sentences
However, it may have been too unwieldy for a large and growing city, and its business therefore narrowed as the other courts developed. According to an early thirteenth-century custumal, there were three chief folkmoots a year: […]
Word Forms
- custumals
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gafolgelder, manslot, domesday, manor, town, folkland.
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