porchia

porchia [ME, OF porche < CL porticus] 1 roofed structure open on the front and sides, porch (usu. in front of the entrance to a building or room); b (on public or royal land or road, also w. ref. to purpresture). 1232 l quercus ‥ ad ~iam magne camere regis de Wudestok’ Cl 34; 1312 in meremio empto ad ~iam grangie Rec. Elton 169; 1325 in stipendiis iiij carpentariorum ‥ removencium penticium ultra hostium coquine et ~eam ante hostium aule ‥ et ea de novo cum dicto meremio reficiencium MinAc 1147/23 m. 3; 1364 ad faciendum opus carpentrie de duabus ~is aule et gutteram desuper le porche Banstead 343; 1367 item ad porcium ad hostium ecclesie, ij s. Test. Karl. 83; 1383 fecit dampna, vasta ‥ in domibus ‥ infra manerium ‥ prosternando et vendendo ‥ quandam ~eam ad hostium grangie IMisc 229/13 m. 4. b 1275 fecit quamdam ~iam in vico S. Jacobi ‥ super viam regiam Hund. II 9b; 1276 levavit quamdam ~iam super viam regiam in longitudine xij pedum et in latitudine vj pedum Ib. I 61b; 1402 habet licenciam edificandi ‥ ~eam super quamdam placeam terre vaste Doc. Bev. 42. 2 (w. ref. to) pentice court (in quot., at Lewes). 1266 Willelmus de Hoylaund ‥ et burgenses ville venerunt et petierunt illud placitum in ~iam eorum placi[ta]turum, et concessum est eis Rec. Lewes 34.

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