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seignuragium

seignuragium [AN seignurage] 1 seigneurial land. 11‥ pro eschambio de terra de Offeleya quam tenui de Johanne de Mara et de aliis seynuragiis meis AncD A 6251. 2 seigneurial power or authority. c1170 totam terram quam habuit pater meus Nigellus in segagio [? l. segnuragio] defendere debet ab omni servicio Med. E. Anglia 229; 1199 (1330) priori de Spaldinges et omnibus illis qui ~ium habent et terras in Spaldinges CalCh IV 164 (= Terr. Fleet 89) (cf. RChart 55b: 1200 segnoragium). 3 duty paid for the right to coin money, seigniorage. 1425 xx ducat' auri ‥ ponderant per pondus standardi Turris London' ultra cunag' et seignorag' lxvii s. ij d. (Lib. Mem. Cam.) CalExch 122.

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