tensarius

tensarius [CL tensus p. ppl. of tendere+-arius, cf. ME tenser], inhabitant of a city or borough who was not a citizen or freeman, granted permission to reside and practise a trade there upon payment of an annual rate, denizen, tenser (cf. censarius). 1283 redditus burgensium et ~iorum per annum valet lxxiij s. vj d. IPM 35(4) m. 14; 1301 prepositus debet tradere cuilibet burgensi et ~iis seudas suas in foro ‥ si burgensis vel ~ius voluerit stare in seudis mercatorum (Manchester) BBC 276.

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