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drovedenna

drovedenna, ~um [ME droveden] , droveden, ‘denn’ (cf. 1 denna) into which beasts were driven for pasturage (Kent). 11‥ (14c) concessi ‥ forestario meo quandam partem terre mee in dravedenna mea que vocatur nemus Evenoth’ AncD C 2179; 1309 arbores in predictis terris ‥ crescentes una cum proficuo pannagii racione drovedenn[e] sunt ipsius archiepiscopi (PlR Ed. II) OED s. v. droveden; 1353 remisimus ‥ omnimodas ‥ demandas quas ‥ habuimus racione cujuscunque transgressionis in boscis seu ~is nostris in villa de Hedecrone Lit. Cant. II 316; 1356 dedimus ‥ manerium nostrum de Heriettesham cum reddit’ de Walda, proficuis drofdennarum et omnibus aliis pertinenciis suis AncD AS 71.

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