Middle English Dictionary Entry
attǒurnement n.
Entry Info
| Forms | attǒurnement n. |
| Etymology | AF; cp. attǒurnen 2(b). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Formal acknowledgment of allegiance and service (of a tenant).
Associated quotations
- (1426) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.4250 : John and Anne shall haue liuere of þe seide londes and tenements and attournement of þe tenauntz, whoos attournement beth nedefull onely in þe fourme aboueseide.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)141 : That no lond tenaunt in the same toun do homage ne feute to his cheif lord for ony tenement..holdyn purly in fre burgage..[the lord] may not of his tenaunt after ony ded axyn, chalangyn, ne have releeff..ne other attornement of service [F attournement de service], but only the payment of the rente.
- (c1463) Paston (Gairdner)4.62 : The seid Paston of the seid maners toke estatis at Cotton and attornement of the tenauntis viij or ix yere goo.