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gavelmannus [ME gavelman] , gavel-payer, tenant working for rent. 1224 omnes ~i debent ire propter ij m allecis ‥ super custum suum si domina voluerit Ch. & Cust. Caen 91 (cf. ib. 92: : ~i, cotmanni, et smalemanni) (Felsted, Essex)); 1285 virgatarii de gavellond metent ‥ xxvij acras et dim. frumenti. ‥ dicti ~i metent xiij acras ij rodas ordei (Terring) Cust. Suss II 29–30; 13‥ villani de Terring qui vocantur ~i Gavelkind 33; 1397 est ibidem [Kent] de consuetudine gavelman’ qui triturabunt xv quart’ et dim. frumenti IMisc 267/20.

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