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merchet
/ ˈmɜːtʃɪt /
noun
- (in feudal England) a fine paid by a tenant, esp a villein, to his lord for allowing the marriage of his daughter
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Word History and Origins
Origin of merchet1
C13: from Anglo-French, literally: market
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Example Sentences
Even merchet, the most hateful of all the incidents of villeinage, is something more than a mere memory.
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He laboured under many disabilities, such as the merchet or fine for marrying his daughter, and fines for selling horse or ox.
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We often come across such base customs as the payment of merchet in connexion with the 'villain socmen' of ancient demesne.
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Merchet was the most striking consequence of unfreedom, but manorial documents are wont to connect it with several others.
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Merchet is especially interesting as illustrating the fusion of different duties into one.
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