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burgess
burgess, a burgage tenant of a medieval borough. The burgess was distinguished from other inhabitants of the borough by burgage tenure, which entitled him to a plot fronting on a thoroughfare, usually the high street, and included an arable tenement outside the town. By virtue of their tenure, burgesses were entitled to the rights and liberties conferred on their borough by royal or seigniorial charter, in essence the protection of their trade, persons, and property from injurious interference by seigniorial officials. These included the right to have their own hundred court for all pleas arising within the borough, to buy and sell burgage lands at will, and to have a gild merchant (see guilds), freedom from toll and vexatious distraints for debts, licence to marry freely, and protection against external competitors. Although burgesses were required to provide transportation for salt, iron, and wine at the behest of their lord, such privileges were sufficient to attract settlers in considerable numbers from Angevin lands to the numerous manorial towns created by Anglo‐Norman lords in Ireland around the end of the 12th century. The scale of burgage land attached to the new boroughs is a measure of the importance their lords attached to them.
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"burgess." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "burgess." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-burgess.html "burgess." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-burgess.html |
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Burgess ♂ Transferred use of the surname, in origin a status name from the Old French word burgeis ‘freeman of a borough’ (a derivative of burg ‘town’, of Germanic origin).
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Burgess." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Burgess." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Burgess.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Burgess." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Burgess.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "burgess." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "burgess." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-burgess.html T. F. HOAD. "burgess." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-burgess.html |
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"burgess." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "burgess." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-burgess.html "burgess." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-burgess.html |
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