burgage

Related to burgage: socage, scutage, Serjeanty, Burbage

bur·gage

(bûr′gĭj)

A tenure in England and Scotland under which property of the king or a lord in a town was held in return for a yearly rent or the rendering of a service.

[Middle English, from Old French bourgage, from Medieval Latin burgāgium, from Late Latin burgus, fortified town, of Germanic origin; see burgess.]

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burgage

(ˈbɜːɡɪdʒ)

1. (Historical Terms) (in England) tenure of land or tenement in a town or city, which originally involved a fixed money rent

2. (Historical Terms) (in Scotland) the tenure of land direct from the crown in Scottish royal burghs in return for watching and warding

[C14: from Medieval Latin burgāgium, from burgus, from Old English burg; see borough]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bur•gage

(ˈbɜr gɪdʒ)

n.

(formerly, in England) tenure of crown or feudal property for a fixed rent or the service of guardianship.

[1250–1300; Middle English borgage < Anglo-French borgage, burgage; see burgh, -age]

burgage

British, Obsolete, a form of land tenure under which land was held in return for payment of a fixed sum of money in rent or for rendering of service. Also called socage.

See also: Land, Property and Ownership

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The first street recorded in the emerging town of Birmingham is Edgbastone Strete (Edgbaston Street) mentioned in a deed in 1347; and in 1449 Roger Cutte of Erdington granted to John and Juliane Knocks of Birmingham a burgage and butcher's shop in the same street.

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