(A)
G. Warner, Manors and Tenants (1924)
Serfs had to perform certain
services for their lord; they work on his demesne land. The services
are divided into 'week-work' (so many days each week) and 'boon-work'
(certain extra days at the busy seasons of harvest and ploughing).
1. Look at Yalding
Labour Service and Yalding Rents.
Fill in details in your Family
Information Chart (section
2) of how much you pay in rent
or in labour service for the land that you use. Are you a serf or
a free person?
2. Read source A. What
is the difference between 'week-work' and 'boon-work'?
3. Look at Heriot
Records and Mortuary Records.
Fill in details in your Family
Information Chart (section
8) of what you had to give to obtain your
land.
4. Look at Tallage
Payment and Lay Subsidy List. Fill
in details in your Family
Information Chart (section
10) of how much tax you paid
in 1336.
5. Copy this table into
your book. Look at the sheet Feudal
Rent and Taxes (Y09).
Fill in the empty
columns. Select the right answer from the list at the bottom of the
page.
| Labour
Service
|
|
| Heriot |
|
| Mortuary |
Giving
the lord of the manor your best animal in exchange for the right
to hold land. |
| Merchet |
|
| Tallage |
A
tax paid annually by the serfs to the lord of the manor. |
| Tallage |
A
tax paid to the lord of the manor when an animal has been sold.
|
A
tax paid by serfs to the lord of the manor when their daughters get
married.
Giving
the church your best animal in exchange for the right to hold land.
Work
on the lord of the manor's land without pay.
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