Middle English Dictionary Entry
ten-man-tā̆le n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ten-man-tā̆le n. Also temantale, tementale, themantale, themantel, tenementale & temanetale, tenemannetale, tienmannatale, themanetale, themanatale & (error) trenmannetale. |
| Etymology | From OE phrase *tīn manna talu a number (or reckoning) of ten men. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An English system of collective surety within a territorial unit by which a group of ten freemen or villagers combined to give security for each other to keep the peace and to guarantee payment of fines or fees, a frankpledge; (b) a land tax levied on a carucate.
Associated quotations
a
- 1130-35(OE) Leges Edw.Conf.in Liebermann Gesetze 1645 : Alia est pax..sub fideiussionis stabilitate, quam Angli uocant friborgas, preter Eboracenses, qui uocant eam tyen manna tale, hoc est numerum x hominum.
- a1200 Chron.Hoveden in RS 51.2 (Roy 14.C.2)228 : Quid sit Frithborg, quod Eboracenses vacant [read: vocant] tenementale, id est, sermo decem hominum.
b
- (a1135) Chart.Rievaulx in Sur.Soc.83142 : Et ii solidi de Danegeld, id est Themanetale, quoquo anno eveniebant super illas ix carrucatas, et de illis ii solidis eas ex toto quietas clamo in æternum.
- (c1135) *Charter of Wm.Paganellus to Drax (Charter Roll 4 Edw.II m.4) [OD col.] : Quam..defendemus contra omnes homines de murdre de Danegelde, de Themantale, de seruicio Regum.
- (?1155) Chart.in Stenton Doc.Danelaw2 : Uolo & ..precipio ut omnia supradicta teneant..in pratis & pasturis, in toftis & croftis..bene & in pace, libere & quiete, de omnibus geldis..& wapenta..& tenmantale & de danegeld..& scutagiis & asisis.
- (1166-76) Chart.R.PRO3.342 : Tenementa predicta habeant et teneant..libera et quieta ab omnibus geldis..et scutagiis..et clausuris..et hundredis et tethingis et tenemannetale.
- (1189) Chart.R.PRO1.399 : Solutas et quietas de..geldis et danegeldis et temanetale.
- (1190) Doc.in Dugdale Monasticon 6327 : Volumus etiam quod prædicti canonici nostri de Thornton et..homines sui sint quieti de shiris et hundredis..et geldis et danegeldis et themanatale et cancelationibus..et assisis, donis, et scutagiis.
- (1198) Chart.R.PRO2.312 : Volumus..quod sint quieti de operationibus castellorum..trenmannetale [read: tienmannetale], wardepeny, averpeny, borgpeny, tieginpeni.
- a1200 Chron.Hoveden in RS 51.3 (Roy 14.C.2)242 : Rex..constituit sibi dari de unaquaque carucata terræ totius Angliæ duos solidos, quod ab antiquis nominatur Temantale.
- (a1200) Cart.Whitby in Sur.Soc.69196 : Concedo..confirmo quod Monachi michi..duos solidos annuatim persolvent, et Themantel, pro omnibus servitiis.
- (1369) Pat.R.Edw.III in Sur.Soc.83417 : In quo quidem vasto maneria prædicta modo situata sunt, in pratis, pasturis, etc..quiete de omni Tementale, Danegelda, et omnibus auxiliis et assisis et geldis.