Middle English Dictionary Entry
quī̆t(e-rent(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | quī̆t(e-rent(e n. Also quitterent, queiterente & white-. |
| Etymology | From quī̆te adj. & rent(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Law A rent paid by a tenant by which he is discharged of any other rent or service; also, a nominal rent or yielding of property reserved as a feudal acknowledgment of tenure.
Associated quotations
- (1420-21) Rec.St.Mary at Hill61 : Also receued of quitte rent of sent Eleyns, xx s.
- (1421) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)133 : Item, Ressu pur j quarter de quyt Rent vssant del Crowne v marcs par an..xvj s. viij d.
- (1423-4) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.178/1191 : Alle oþere þynges, þat been paied of dwte ȝerly, þat is to wete for dyuerse hodes ȝoven, Fees to dyuerse persones..and rose gerlandes for qwitrente.
- (1438) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.2 : Payementes that we iij wardeyns haue paide owte for ye ȝer..to Seynt Marys Spetell For queyte rente, xx s.
- (c1439) *Proc.Chanc.PRO ser.C 1 file 9no.108 : Oon Thomas Gery..claymeth and hath taken distresse of a more somme for quyte rent, the whiche he nor his auncetres hadde never peny.
- (1454) RParl.5.258a : Thomas Romayn..ordeyned vi Mark of annuell quyte rente to the sustenaunce of a Prest perpetuell.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4924 : I geve and be qwethe to Willam Baret..xij s. of white rente wiche Robert Nunstedes place payid yeerly.
- (1472-3) Doc.in Welch Hist.Pewterers Lond.35 : Furst paide to the Priour of Chiksand for the quytrent of oure tenement for the hole yer by maister Roger marchalle, iij li.
- ?a1500 Purchasers Land (Lamb 306)p.44 : Consydre what seruyce longyth ther-to, And the quyterent that there-of owte shall goo.