Middle English Dictionary Entry
hīdāǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hīdāǧe n. Also hedage. |
| Etymology | ML hīdāǧium |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. hēdāǧe n.
1.
A royal land tax assessed by the hide of land.
Associated quotations
- [ (a1135) in Madox Form.Angl.(1702)291 : Homines ejusdem Ecclesiæ liberi sint & quieti ab omni Geldo & Scoto..& Infangenetheof & Hidagio & Danegeldo. ]
- [ (1199) Chart.St.Paul in RHS ser.3.5837 : Soluta & libera & quieta de omnibus geldis & danegeldis & hidagiis & carucagiis. ]
- [ a1315 Legal Gloss.Glb.(Glb E.4)207 : Hydagium. Quite de taillage quant le Roy prent taillage par les hydes. ]
- a1275 Legal Gloss.Rothley127 : Hidag. Hoc est quietus si dominus rex talliaverit totam terram suam per hidagium.
- (1393) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.30 : [They do suit of court every three weeks and pay the sheriff] le hidage [at Martinmas, total 40 d. yearly].
- a1400 Legal Gloss.Higd.(1) (Cmb Ii.3.1)96 : Hidage vel Taillage, id est, tallagium de hidis terrarum.
- c1410(a1387) Legal Gloss.Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)97 : Hydage, taylage of hydes of lond.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)670/14 : Fre tenauntis ought ther to be quyet fro shire and hundred..yelde and daneyelde..of Scuage and hydage.
- a1475 Legal Gloss.Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)22 : Hydage is the taliage of plowlondis.