Lexicographical Neighbors of Horngeld
Literary usage of Horngeld
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the by Alexander Mansfield Burrill (1851)
"... horngeld. Sax. [from horn, and geld, a payment.] In old English law. A tax
within a forest, paid for horned beasts. Cromp. Jurisd. 197. Cowell. Blount. ..."
2. Gentleman's Magazine Library edited by George Laurence Gomme, Frank Alexander Milne, Lady A C Bickley, Mrs Alice Bertha Merck Gomme (1902)
"It is also called in old books ' horngeld.' NOTE. ... tenure or horngeld, but
whether by grand ..."
3. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1857)
"It is generally supposed to have been abolished in the reign of King Stephen,
horngeld is said to have been a payment for cattle in a forest. ..."
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