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Definition of Burgage
1. n. A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft.
Definition of Burgage
1. Noun. a medieval tenure in socage under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town, and was maintained for a yearly rent or for rendering an inferior service (not knight's service) such as watching and warding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Burgage
1. a feudal tenure [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burgage
Literary usage of Burgage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1895)
"The point that most concerns us here is their tendency to treat the burgage
tenement as an article of commerce; it is likened to a chattel; not only can it ..."
2. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1862)
"The wife of Nicholas Corker, one burgage there i 2d. Thomas Mason, one burgage
there \2d. Hugh Bridd, one In-take there 3d. ..."
3. Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: Prepared by Great Britain Public Record Office, Great Britain Court of Chancery, H. C. Maxwell Lyte, William Henry Stevenson (1900)
"from Ralph Bond for a messuage, 3d. ; from Thomas the clerk, for half a burgage,
or/. ; from Alice, daughter of Robert the miller, for a messuage, ..."
4. Styles of Deeds and Instruments: In Accordance with the Titles to Land by John Hendry, John Thompson Mowbray (1878)
"The proprietors of estates in land held burgage are entitled to grant feus of
the same in the same manner and to the like effect as if such estates were ..."
5. The Tenures of Kent by Charles Isaac Elton (1867)
"Tenure in burgage. burgage Tenure.—The customs of the Saxon towns.—The Tenure
still of importance.—Boroughs of different kinds.—Eural boroughs in Kent. ..."
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