† faldfeen.
Obsolete. rare.
Some kind of manorial dues. The record quoted by Blount has not been identified; it is not the Liber Niger Scaccarii. Possibly there is some error.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > payment or service to feudal superior > [noun] > other customary or feudal dues
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?a1300 Liber Niger Heref. f. 158, (Blount) W. M. tenet novem acras terræ Custumariæ in Bosbury..et debet quasdam consuetudines, viz. Tak & Toll & Faldfey.
1679 T. Blount Fragmenta Antiquitatis 155 This Faldfey might signify a fee or rent paid by the Tenant to his Lord for leave to fold his Sheep on his own ground.
1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)
1809 in T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict.
1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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