单词 | molland |
释义 | † mollandn. Obsolete. Land for which rent was paid in commutation of feudal service.In later use sometimes spec. upland (as opposed to fenland). The reason for this is unclear; it perhaps follows the use in quot. 1607, which N.E.D. (1907) states is ‘erroneous’. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief > for which rent paid in lieu of service molland1290 1290 in P. Vinogradoff Villainage in Eng. (1892) 185 (MED) Omnes tenentes de molland solebant esse custumarii. ?a1300 in P. Vinogradoff Villainage in Eng. (1892) 185 Si tota terra fuerit mollond primogenitus deiure et consuetudine debet eam retinere. 1505 Will of Gyrden (Somerset Ho.) v. acres molland. 1563 in Essex Rev. July (1904) 131 Richard and Clemence Everard..held Sayer's molond, a quarter of molond belonging to it. 1594 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1991) (modernized text) VI. 67 To John..3 acres called moule land in Bradwell. 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue iv. 183 Molland is up-land, or high ground, and the contrary is Fenland, low ground. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iii. i. 66 Up-land and Maritime, Woodland and Champion, Molland and Fenland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1290 |
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