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thanage Obs. exc. Hist.|ˈθeɪnɪdʒ|
Also thenage.
[= AF. thaynage, thanage, in med.L. than-, thenagium, f. thane (and its variants) + OF. -age, med.L. -āgium: see -age.]
The tenure by which lands were held by a thane; the land held by a thane, a thane-land; also the rank, office, or jurisdiction of a thane.
[1200Rotuli Chart. (1837) 51/1 Sciatis nos concessisse et..confirmasse Willelmo Bardulf et Elysabeth uxori sue et heredibus eorum totum thenagium quod..Willelmus..pater predicte Elysabeth tenuit in Hepedale et in Kokedale. 1228in Feodar. Priorat. Dunelm. (Surtees) 224 Requisitus an tenementum Henrici sit drengagium, dicit quod non, sed thenagium, sed pater Henrici liberavit illud a thenagio. 1230Stat. Alex. II, c. 5 in Scot. Statutes (1844) I. 399 Si vero in dominicis vel thanagiis domini Regis malefactor ille fuerit [14.. transl. ibid. 400 And gif for suth þat trespassour be in þe kingis maynis or thanagis]. 1305Rolls of Parlt. I. 471/2 La terre approprie torcenusement a vostre Thaynage de Balhelui. ]
14..[see quot. 1230 above]. 1623in Thanes of Cawdor (Spalding Cl.) 260 All and haill the lands of the thanage and barony of Calder..united into one entire and free thanage, to be called the Thanage and Barony of Calder. 1641Termes de la Ley 255 The kings thanage signifieth a certain part of the kings lands, or property, whereof the rule & government appertaineth unto him, who therfore is called Thanus. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. v. §3. 366 Having no such lands [in demesne], they equally appear to have had no thanages. 1872E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 126 The Scottish Gerefa was known as the Thane or Mair, his district often as a Thanage. 1883Ord. Surv. Gazetteer Scot. III. 18 It gave name to an ancient thanage. |