Land which was liable for tax, in contrast to inland. Waste

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Acre

arpent Having French origin, the arpent is an area of land commonly used in reference to vineyards in Domesday; it has no set value. Assart

B

Refers to information used in Domesday from records originating from the reign of King Edward the Confessor. Domesday records list property and land values before the Conquest, after it and contempora [..]

hevewarda Local customary obligation for a bodyguard for the king on his passing through. Boor

bovata Derived from the Latin word bo, meaning ox, a bovate was a measure of land which could be ploughed by one eighth of a plough, in other words equivalent to one eighth of a carucate. Also used fo [..]

C

avera Obligation to provide horses or mules for use by the king. Carucate