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Definition of Merchet
1. Noun. (obsolete) In Middle Ages England, a fine paid to a lord on a daughter's marriage, in recompense for the loss of a worker. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Merchet
1. a fine paid to a lord for the marriage of a daughter [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Merchet
Literary usage of Merchet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the Third by Alfred John Horwood, Luke Owen Pike (1891)
"merchet not to be confounded Upon a review of these reported cases, ... In some
cases, it will be observed, the word merchet is used, in others not. ..."
2. Tenures of Land & Customs of Manors by Thomas Blount, William Carew Hazlitt (1874)
"the service of i8d. per annum, and of giving for marriage and merchet with his
daughter and sister, at the Abbot's will, and in performing all ..."
3. Folk-lore in the Old Testament: Studies in Comparative Religion, Legend and Law by James George Frazer (1919)
"... This view of the true nature of the marchet or merchet in authorities Scots
Law has the sanction of high legal authorities. Thus Lord Bankton writes, ..."
4. Tribal Custom in Anglo-Saxon Law: Being an Essay Supplemental To: (1) The by Frederic Seebohm (1902)
"Likewise the merchet [of the daughter] of a thane's son or ... This clause
regarding the ' merchet' is useful as giving a scale of values in cows and ..."
5. The Law Magazine and Law Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of Jurisprudence by William S. Hein & Company (1862)
"The fine called merchet, which means ransom, was to purchase a partial ...
Serfs were said to huy their blood—to give merchet for their flesh and blood. ..."
6. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1893)
"Mr. Pike has not given us a merchet map, but he notes its occurrence in Scotland,
Whittington (Notts), Rampton (Notts), Withcote (Leic. ..."
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