- A chie****e, or
chevage,
according to
Henry de Bracton, was a
tribute by the head; or a kind of poll-money paid by
those who held
lands in villeinage,...
- lib. I, tit. xxvii, "De
Officio custodis" Kupper, Jean-Louis (2017). "Du
chevage et de la ministérialité en Hesbaye". In Dierkens, Alain; Schroeder, Nicolas;...
-
These were also
customary duties paid to the lord of the manor:
Merchet Chevage Gies,
Joseph (2014). Life in a
Medieval Village.
United States: Harper...
- lib. I, tit. xxvii, "De
officio custodis" Kupper, Jean-Louis (2017). "Du
chevage et de la ministérialité en Hesbaye". In Dierkens, Alain; Schroeder, Nicolas;...
- 1000, less so in
modern times), he
needed to pay
specific duties called chevage or
chief census,
mortmain (redemption of the
right of transmission), etc...
-
labourers who had
previously known greater prosperity, even
small fines,
chevage, and
customary emblems of
authority became intolerable. In East Anglia...
