| Aula |
has several meanings including hall, castle and place. |
Bandlear
(more commonly bandolear) |
a shoulder belt, especially for ammunition. As plural - small leather cases for gunpowder, attached to the belt. |
| Chief-rent |
the annual payment by free-holders to the lord of the manor. |
| Common |
an unenclosed area of land. |
| Court-leet |
a court, usually held once a year, within a manor or hundred; being granted by Charter to the lords of the manors or hundreds. Held originally to view the frank-pledges, it developed to hear, by jury, crimes which fell within its jurisdiction, and to punish all trivial misdemeanours. |
| Frank-pledge |
a mutual pledge, made by freeman to the sovereign, for each others' good behaviour. |
| Fridleys |
certain rents formerly paid to the Lord of the Manor of Sheffield by the inhabitants of the Frith of Hawksworth, for liberty of common. |
| Frith |
has several meanings including a small field taken out of a common. |
| Hundred |
a division or part of a country in England, supposed to have originally contained one hundred families or freemen. |
| Manor |
an estate granted by the sovereign to s subject, usually in return for certain services provided by the lord of the manor and/or his followers. |
| Musket |
a smooth-bored barrel fire-arm, the predecessor of the rifle. |
| Stallage |
rent paid for a stall or the erecting of a stall. |
| White-meat |
food made from, or including, eggs, milk, butter and cheese. |
