Middle English Dictionary Entry
tenauntrī(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tenauntrī(e n. Also tenauntrẹ̄, tenantri(e, tenandri(e, tenantdri(e, tenentrẹ̄, (error) tenaunty; pl. tenauntries, etc. & tenaundries, tenentries. |
| Etymology | From tenaunt n.; cp. AL (Scot.) tenendria, tenandria. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A property holding usu. attached to a manor and let in exchange for money or feudal service;—also coll.; fre ~, a freehold; (b) one of the buildings leased.
Associated quotations
a
- (1414) Let.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.1286 : John, priour of Coldingham..makes..Archibald erle of Douglas..governour of all our lordeship and landes..with appertenance, both in tenantz and tenantdry..grauntand till hym our full power..tenantdrye to recognise, the same tenantz and tenantdris til distreyn, [etc.].
- (1429) J.Boys in Nrf.Archaeol.15148 : We ocupyid us in ledyng..ij lod of ston to Holm strete to ʒour tenauntriis.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)141 : His manere..was þer schent..His husbandes þat gaffe hym rent Heryede..His tenandrye was alle downe, Þe beste innes in ylke towne.
- (c1447) Let.Midylton in Lin.NQ 16199 : That Robert Mariot do hys part to the reparacion off myn tenauntre there and ynespecyall to the west schypcote.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.16/17 : I wille and surely ordeyne þat nowe þe saide church alle þe forsaide possessions and tenentryes holde.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.48/8 : I..haue i-grauntid..to þe church of seynte Marye..all the possessions of my ffee..both of my lordshippis and of my tenauntries of my men.
- (1461) RParl.5.472a : That any Acte..extend not..to John Lathell, of or for..kepyng and repairyng the same Meese or place, with xii Tenauntries therto annexed.
- (1465-6) Acc.Howard in RC 57324 : The said Ordynge hathe reseyvid for di. yer rent for the tenauntry in Croked Lane xxvj s.
- (1473) Stonor1.135 : In lasse ye make another ordinaunce þerfor, your housyng of your tenentre wolbe lost.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)149/25 : The sentence..is þat..þe covent..lete to hugh..alle þere cornere tenement..hit scholde not be lawfull to þe foresayde hugh..to lete to oony man the foresayde tenantry ne no perte of hit.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)151/5 : Robert..held the same lond..paiyng therfor..v shillings..for all seruice..and of the chief lord also moche as longeth to suche a fre tenauntry in the same towne.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)196/14 : Thomas turry..bownde all hys tenauntrye in þe town of brackeley..to þe abbas and couent of Godestowe.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)230/26 : Aumary seynt amunde..grauntyd..to the mynchons..all þe tithis comynge forthe of all hys tenauntryes..as well of hys demayne..as of the londe of hys tenauntes.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)281/4 : Petir may yeve, selle, and bequethe all the said tenauntry, with his pertynentis, wher-so-ever and to whom-so-ever he willeth.
- c1500 Cleges (Ashm 61)93 : He had hys maners solde, Tenandrys and landes wyde.
b
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.152/372 : To Robert Cok, laborer, for dj. day yn þe brekyng of j wall yn þe Tenauntrye cleped þe Almasse hous, j d.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.156/488 : These been percelles of an goter aboven þe kechon of þe Tenauntrie now Cleped þe Almasse hous.
- (1442-3) Visit.Alnwick132a : We enioyne yow, prioresse..that ye..felle no grete wode or tymbere saue to necessary reparacyone of your place and your tenaundryes.
- (1452-3) *Plea & Mem.R.Lond.GildhA 77.6b : Excepte alwey and to the said Roger and Margarete and to theire heires reserued the fyve smale tenauntries lying to gider vnder oo lowe Roof there sette in Tourestrete.
- (1463) Dower Pekham in Archaeol.74 (Gldh Hustings Roll 196(10))156 : Steven Stychemersshe and Thomas Bledlowe..haue assigned vnto the said Piers..the grete Garet or colehouse sett ouir the grete gate..and ouir ij Tenauntries by the same strete side.
- (1465) Paston1.292 : Ther be dyuers of your tenauntrys at Mauteby that had gret ned for to be reparyd, at [read: but] þe tenauntys be so pore that they are not a power to repare hem.
2.
(a) A group of tenants; (b) the state of being a tenant.
Associated quotations
a
- (1423) Pet.Sutton in Fenland NQ 7307 : Besechys mekely the pore tenauntry of the Duchie of Lancastre..to consider the grete grevaunce and myschief that thei stonde in.
- (1438) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.1 : Ferst ress. off the Tenauntrye For the ʒere by For, xxvj s. viij d.
- (1447-8) Shillingford75 : Thees ben the articulis of the right grete injuries..done by the Bishop, Dean, and Chapitre..theire minesters, officers, servantis, and tenaunty [read: tenauntry].
- -?-(1377) Tenants in Som.Dor.NQ 13274 : The tenantrye of Lye and Chetnolle bryngith almost 200 bests..and thus distoneth the comyn of the por tenantrie.
b
- c1460 Oseney Reg.59/8 : Þe tithes of þe heye..shall be i-paide to þabbot and Couent of Oseneye; Also þe tithes..of þe ffisshynges of Robert Hulc as longe as he is parisshen of Cudelynton by skele of þat tenauntrye.