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Definition of Bovates
1. bovate [n] - See also: bovate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bovates
Literary usage of Bovates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Record Series by Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association (1902)
"There are there 12 carucates and 3 bovates of land, held in bondage, ... Robert,
son of Andrew, 3 è bovates, 465. 8d. Robert, son of Andrew the younger, ..."
2. Domesday Studies: Being the Papers Read at the Meeting of the Domesday by Patrick Edward Dove (1888)
"In the soke of Howden the Bishop of Durham held half a carucate, and also 3
carucates 2 bovates, which are added up as 3 carucates 6 ..."
3. Collections for a History of Staffordshire. by William Salt Archaeological Society (1884)
"Hugh le Sele, 3 bovates for 4*. ... 2 bovates for 2«., formerly held by Osmer ad ad
... Godwin the miller, 2 bovates for 3«. ..."
4. Calendar of the Charter Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office by Great Britain Public Record Office, H. C. Maxwell Lyte, Alfred Edward Stamp (1908)
"Moreover the holders of the said bovates and the cottiers shall clean the ponds
of the said mills [once a year, being fed] by the monks once a day, ..."
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