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merchet Obs. exc. Hist.|ˈmɜːtʃɪt|
Also 6–8 marchet.
[Anglo-Fr. merchet (whence med.L. mercheta) = ONF. market market n.]
A fine paid by a tenant or bondsman to his overlord for liberty to give his daughter in marriage.
1228in Mem. Ripon (Surtees) I. 52 Merchet. 1492Acta Dom. Conc. (1839) 291/2 For þe wrangwis..awaytakin & withhaldin fra þaim of certane hereȝeldis, bludwetis & merchetis. 1552Lyndesay Monarche 5711 Ȝe Lordis and Baronis,..That ȝour pure Tennantis dois oppres..With merchetis of thare marriage. 1577Holinshed Hist. Scot. 258 Halfe a marke of siluer to bee payde to the Lorde of the soyle, in redemption of the womans chastitie, which..is called the marchets of women. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. 73 And she be the dochter of ane frie man,..her marchet sall be ane kow, or sax schillings. Ibid., The marchet of the dochter of ane Earle perteines to the Queene, and is twelue kye. 1628Coke On Litt. 140 Euerie tenant..shall pay to the Lord, for the marriage of his daughter without licence, a Fine; and it is called Marchet. 1900Cheyney in Eng. Hist. Rev. XV. 31 Merchet is a more steady test [of a man's villainage], but even this is not always trustworthy. |