maeremium

maeremium [AN, OF merim, mairrien, maeresme, etc. < LL materiamen] Forms: see 5 infra. 1 (as material) wood suitable for, or used in, building or construction, timber: a (var.); b (w. specification of kind of tree); c (dist. from wood for other use or of other quality); d (dist. as grossum, parvum, or sim.); e (w. ref. to felling); f (used or for use in construction of spec. building etc.); g (in construction of ship); h (in machine or other artefact). a1169 dedi eis omnem corticem de merremio meo proprio MonA VI 237a; 1177 in custamento et carragio maisreni de G. de foresta de Wira Pipe 64; 1181 nec aliquis deferat vel deferri faciat maironiam extra Angliam (Assisa de armis habendis) G. Hen. II I 280 (cf. R. Howd. II 262: maireniam); 1198 de pastura et de meiremio et ceteris espletiis CurR I 40; 1200 quod nemo ‥ ministrorum nostrorum exigat ‥ consuetudinem pro emptione ‥ plumbi vel merremi RChart 55b; c1200 concessi ‥ mairemium in eodem bosco quantum opus fuerit ad edificandum in eadem terra Couch. Kirkstall 173; c1213 cum libertatibus et aisiamentis maremii Regesta Scot. 518 (= Reg. Paisley 90); 1222 habebunt de windbreche quicquid non est utile ad meirimium Dom. S. Paul. 75; 1241 pro ix li. x s. positis in merimio ad opus Fratrum Predicatorum KR Mem 20 m. 4d.; c1270 ad ‥ dictum boscum mortuum in meremiem convertendum Cart. Sallay 282; hoc meremium, -mii, G. merine Teaching Latin II 28; non contenti quod ~ium ibidem quererent ad edificia erigenda ‥ sed nemus destruendo ~ium ibidem factum ad vendendum in Hyberniam transtulerunt Peckham Ep. 343; 1311 scindi faciendo et mayramena fieri faciendo dictam forestam destruxit Reg. Gasc. A I 247; 1329 reddendo ‥ annuatim ‥ unum plaustrum novum plenum maremio qualicumque Reg. Newbattle 203 p. 162; meremium, A. tymber WW; 1530 pro captione et provisione quorumcumque mahermii petrarum sive lapidum (Pat 655 m. 15) Foed. XIV 369a.  b 1242 quod habere faciat fratribus minoribus de Notingh’ x quercus ‥ ad ~ium inde faciendum Cl 424; 1256 x quercus aptas ad mayremium Cl 19; 1272 quod ‥ faciat habere Ricardo de W. iiij quercus ad ~ium Cl 469; 1289 in meremio tam de quercu quam de alneto (v. levarius b); 1583 lez saplinges quercuum aptis fieri vel fore ~ium Pat 1234 m. 6.  c ? 1186 in lignis domui illorum [leprosorum] ad ignem et ad maisremium Act. Hen. II II 126; a1189 habere debent ‥ de mortuo bosco ad ignem suum faciendum rationabile estoverium ‥ et similiter ~ium ad edificandum (Carlisle) BBC 55; a1187 volumus ut liceat burgensibus adquirere ad usum suum tam mairemiam quam focalia (Wearmouth) BBC 54; a1229 in foresta mea de Lach maremia ad edificia sua et boscum ad focum suum (Leek, Staffs) BBC I 57; 1240 in captione busce et mayreme [Pipe (Chanc.): merenni] apud Cestriam Pipe Chesh 58; 1256 unam [quercum] ad ~ium, et quinque ad scindulas faciendas Cl 6; portus maris in quibus applicant se naves vel batelli ad hospitand’maheremium aut buscam de foresta Fleta 89; 1300 de qualibet carecta busce aut meremii venali ‥ j ob. (Breve pontagii) Reg. Carl. I 116.  d 1250 nec permittit eundem W. habere grossum ~ium in bosco suo de M. et minutum ~ium in brullio de B. ad reparacionem ‥ molendinorum et exclusarum (Staffs) CurR XX 990; 1364 dictus W. habebit grossum meremium ‥ pro vj paribus de scilles, rybis, et firstis ad costagium ipsius Willelmi lucrandum Hal. Durh. 34; 1381 dominus inveniet grossum meremium et molas Ib. 170; 1403 grossum meremium et parvum ac stramen ‥ invenient ‥ ad ‥ molendinum faciendum FormA 124.  e 1228 (v. h infra); 1243 abducere ‥ unam navatam ~ii quam prosterni fecerunt ‥ ad fabricam ecclesie sue Cl 36 (= RGasc I 194b); 1277 in meerempnio prosternendo ad cameram domine regine et ad inclaustrum MinAc 1010/8 (cf. Banstead I 313); 1322 arbores ‥ succiderunt, et ~ium inde ‥ asportaverunt Reg. Heref. 232; 1409 in stipendiis Willelmi P. et Johannis C. pro operibus predictis ~ium prosternencium Ac. Forge Durh. 517.  f ? c1167 mittet abbas ‥ operarios suos in ipsum boscum ut accipiant ibi ‥ et ad marrenia molendinorum suorum et ad focum et ad rogum faciendum Act. Hen. II I 412; 1185 pro ‥ maisremio ad reparandum molendinum de Lequid et portas et palicium ville de Card[iff] Pipe 6 (= Cart. Glam. I 171); 1229 quod habere faciat vicecomiti ‥ mayremium in bosco de H. ad latam faciendam ad domos domini regis Cl 218; 1233 (v. 2 gista b); 1247 ut ‥ capiant in foresto nostro maremium ad sustentacionem stagni sui Melrose 266; 1277 me ‥ dedisse ‥ ecclesie Glasguensi maremium universum ad fabricas ‥ necessarium Reg. Glasg. I 191; 1313 carpentariis pro factura operis de maerem’ ligneo MinAc 771/7 m. 3; 1315 xxxiiij s. et x d., quos ‥ escaetor ‥ expendidit in meeremio, carpentaria et aliis diversis necessariis emptis pro reparacione molendinorum (Mem. Ir.) Doc. Ir. 369; cum dicte domus artifices meremium suum mensurarent ‥, inventa est trabs una ‥ ceteris brevior V. Erkenwaldi 392; 1337 aula ‥ coquina ‥ et una parva capella, quarum parietes sunt de maheremio et plaustro Capt. Seis. Cornw 1; 1364 invenire debet maheremium ad ‥ pontem reparandum necessarium Pub. Works I 98; 1379 pro merremio empto ad opus castri de Edynburgh ExchScot III 3; [fortalicium] armatum interius ‥ meremio, terra et tignis G. Hen. V 4 p. 28; 1438 in mearemio empto pro lovers faciendis Comp. Swith. 444; edificacio dicti manerii ‥ de bryke et mearemio W. Worc. Itin. 48; †966 (15c) concedo de regalibus silvis meis ‥ arbores et meremium ad edificationem sui monasterii CS 1178 p. 438; †1089 (1480) capiend’ ‥ sufficient’ [sic] ~ium pro omnibus suis edificiis Pat 545 m. 4 (cf. MonA III 271a, Regesta I 307).  g 1337 cum vos nuper xl quercus pro factura cujusdam galee ‥ nobis concesseritis, ac, sub confidentia ~ii illius ‥ (Cl 158 m. 37d.) Foed. IV 730.  h c1152 dedit ‥ in eodem nemore merenum quantum opus est ad tres carucas per annum Doc. Theob. 255 p. 479; 1173 pro maireno carruc’ curie de P. Pipe 56; 1193 pro maisremo ad petrarium et mangunellum, vj s. Ib. 74; 1228 ~ium ad telarias faciendas ad balistas regis Cl 49; 1243 de quolibet miliario ~ii ad tunellos, j ob. Pat 53 m. 10; 1255 ad mairremium ingeniorum RGasc I sup. 26b; 1291 pro meeremio ad pegones cereorum Manners 101; 1325 iij s. in merrem’ duarum rotarum cindend’ et sculpand’ in bosco pro dicto molendino MinAc 1148/6 m. 2; 1382 pro miremio empto pro machinis construendis ExchScot 659; altaria ‥ constructa fuerunt de diversis communibus eleemosynis; sed dominus H. de G. dedit meremeum Mon. Francisc. I 509. 2 a timberwork, timber (of existing or demolished building etc.). b timber frame (of artefact). a 1199 furatus est cheverun’ et aliud mairemium ad valorem x s. CurR RC II 36; 1222 magistro B., ad sternendum aulam ‥ salvo meirimio Ac. Build. Hen. III 138; 1224 vult de pe[tra] disponere pro voluntate sua et de meiremio [sc. castri] similiter RL I 236; 1231 prostravit quandam cameram et marremium totum asportari fecit ad terram suam BNB II 381; 1239 cum catallis fugitivorum et mairenno molendin’ [Pipe (Chanc.): meremio de molendin’] venditis Pipe Chesh 44; 1250 totum meremium putrefactum est preter postes CalIMisc I 31; c1288 diversis carpentariis pro factura ~ii dicte turris et ‥ aliis domibus ‥ emendandis, l s. Pipe (Chanc.) 82 m. 19; 1343 quedam bretagia super muros ‥ ville ‥ fregerunt et maheremium inde ‥ asportaverunt RScot 638a; 1398 facient unam novam domum ‥ cum principali meremio de quercu et cetero meremio de ulmo et frago Cart. Osney I 109; 1425 custus domus dormitorii: ‥ in diversis hominibus conductis ad deponendum et extrahendum vetus merennum [? l. meremium] massam et lapides, x d. Ambrosden 575; 1457 pro prostracione meremii veteris tecti eorundem les ilynges Ac. Durh. 151; domos diruere ‥ earumque muremium asportare [gl.: ligna ex quibus muri construuntur] Quon. Attach. 30 (cf. RegiamM ed. Stair Soc. 300: meremium).  b 1300 receptavit meremium trebuchetti Leet Norw. 53. 3 a timber, beam, or sim. (as part of, or for use in construction of, building etc.). 1228 pondera meremiis del miln post, iiij d. (Torksey, Lincs) EEC 157; 1285 petram, muros et merennia inde [sc. de tenemento] prostravit et asportavit (Eyre Oxon) DocCOx 235; 1442 super factura quarundam listarum et barrurarum de ~io apud Westsmythfeld Analog. Cant. Pilg. 23; 1460 in domibus edificiis muris murennis lignis lapidibus ‥ Melrose 556 p. 563; 1464 pro reparacionibus factis in castro de D. ‥ circa edificacionem unius aule ibidem ‥ in muris, merimiis, tabulis, lapidibus ‥ ExchScot 291; 1490 timent de ruina tecti magne aule ibidem ex defectu meremiorum Reg. Merton 138. 4 woodland (containing trees suitable for timber). ? 1226 emi ‥ duodecim acras de maremio in brullio Cicestrie RL I 288. 5 (variant spellings listed in alphabetical order): a (more frequent forms of neuter or uncertain gender); b (less frequent forms of neuter or uncertain gender); c (feminine forms). a (maeremium) 1228 Cl 17; 1243 Pat 53 m. 10; 1256 Cl 6; c1288 Pipe (Chanc.) 82 m. 19; 1313 [MS: maerem'] MinAc 771/7 m. 3; 1333 LTR Mem 105 m. 122d.; 1338 TreatyR II 149 (cf. Foed. V 6a: †maerennum); 1377 (MinAc 1262/7) Banstead I 354; 1409 Ac. Forge Durh. 517; 1583 Pat 1234 m. 6.  (maremium) c1213 Regesta Scot. 518 (= Reg. Paisley 90); a1229 (Leek, Staffs) BBC I 57; ? 1226 RL I 288; 1277 Reg. Glasg. I 191; 1329 Reg. Newbattle 203 p. 162; 1391 Leet Norw. 70.  (meremium) 1250 CalIMisc I 31; 1253 Ac. Build. Hen. III 248; 1272 Cl 466; Teaching Latin II 28; 1289 KR Ac 467/19 m. 2 (v. levarius b); 1300 Leet Norw. 53; 1313 Eyre Kent I 38; 1343 (Gt. Yarmouth, Norf) EEC 176; 1398 Cart. Osney I 109; 1400 Doc. Leeds 122 (v. leiare); G. Hen. V 4 p. 28; 1448 StatOx 272; WW 595; 1490 Reg. Merton 138.  b (†hairemum) 1227 de †hairemo cariando ChartR 18 m. 12 (cf. Cart. Antiq. I 59: 1189 de mairemo cariando).  (maerremium) 1229 [RL I 346: maremium] Pat 287.  (maerennum) etc. (v. 5a supra).  (maheremium) 1233 Cl 270; 1337 Capt. Seis. Cornw 1; 1337 Cal. Scot. III 364; 1343 RScot I 638a; 1364 Pub. Works I 98; Fleta 89.  (maherenmium) 1342 CourtR Ramsey 132.  (mahermium) 1530 (Pat 655 m. 15) Foed. XIV 369a.  (mahiremium) 1236 BNB III 178.  (mairebium) 12‥ Reg. S. Andr. 277.  (mairemium) a1195 (Ch. Hugonis Ep. Durh.) Boldon Bk. app. xlii; 1199 CurR RC II 36; c1200 Couch. Kirkstall 173; 1236 BNB III 178.  (mairemum) a1184 Rec. Templars 269; 1189 Cart. Antiq. I 59 (v. 5b supra).  (mairennum) 1239 Pipe Chesh 44.  (mairenum) 1173 Pipe 56.  (mairremium) 1255 RGasc I sup. 26b.  (maisremium) 1179 Pipe 81; 1185 Pipe 6; ? 1186 Act. Hen. II II 126.  (maisremum) 1178 Pipe 72; 1190 Pipe 30; 1191 Pipe 92; 1193 Pipe 74.  (maisrenum) 1177 Pipe 64.  (maresmium) 1275 Hund. II 4b.  (marremium) 1231 BNB II 381; 1246 Cl 431; 1249 SelPlMan 20.  (marrenium) ? c1167 Act. Hen. II I 412.  (marrimum) 1242 Pipe (Chanc.) (v. 5b infra).  (mayramenum) 1311 Reg. Gasc. A I 247.  (mayremium) 1229 Cl 218; 1256 Cl 19.  (mearemium) 1266 MGL II 279; c1398 Comp. Swith. 208; 1438 Ib. 444; W. Worc. Itin. 48.  (meeremium) 1291 Manners 101; 1315 (Mem. Ir.) Doc. Ir. 369.  (meerempnium) 1277 (v. 1e supra); 1295 KR Ac 462/14 m. 3.  (meiremium) 1198 CurR I 40; 1224 RL I 236; 1229 Cl 189.  (meirenum) c1222 DCCant. DE/1/ii.  (meirimium) 1222 Ac. Build. Hen. III 138; 1222 Dom. S. Paul. 75; 1241 Pipe Chesh 68.  (meremeum) Mon. Francisc. I 509; 1476 Cant. Coll. Ox. II 196.  (merennium) 1285 (Eyre Oxon) DocCOx 235.  (merennum) 1240 (v. 5c infra); 1425 (v. 2a supra).  (merenum) c1152 Doc. Theob. 255 p. 479.  (meresmium) 1275 Hund. II 4b.  (merhemium) 1335 in merhemio KR Ac 19/14 m. 6.  (merimium) 1241 KR Mem 20 m. 4d.; 1464 ExchScot 291.  (merremium) 1181 MonA VI 237a; 1325 MinAc 1148/6 m. 2; ExchScot III 3.  (merremum) 1200 RChart 55b.  (meryremum) 1242 pro meyremo [Pipe (Chanc.): marrimo] Pipe 146.  (miremium) 1382 ExchScot 659.  (muremium) Quon. Attach. 30 (cf. RegiamM ed. Stair Soc. 300: meremium).  (murenium) 1468 Reg. Newbattle 301 p. 271.  (murennium) 1460 Melrose 556 p. 563.  (murinium) 1467 Reg. Newbattle 299 p. 266.  c (mairemia) 1181 (Assisa de armis habendis) R. Howd. II 262; a1187 (Wearmouth, Durh) BBC 54.  (maironia) 1181 (Assisa de armis habendis) G. Hen. II I 280.  (mayrema) 1240 mayreme [Pipe (Chanc.): merreni] Pipe Chesh 58.  (meremia) 1452 MunCOx 215.  (meremies) c1270 Cart. Sallay 282.