Middle English Dictionary Entry
chevāǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | chevāǧe n. Also chyv- & (?error) chivevache, (error) chyueuacle. |
| Etymology | AF & AL |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. hed-peni, -silver.
1.
A tax paid annually to a superior, as by a villein to his lord; head-tax. [See Homans, E.Villagers 229; Cust.Rent in OSSLH 2 p.2.]
Associated quotations
- [ (1251) Cart.Ramsey in RS 79.1284 : Dat sex denarios pro chevagio ad visum franciplegii. ]
- [ (c1290) Britton 1 (Lamb 403)p.201 : Suffist qe les seignurs..preignent..un dener par an de chefage et un jour en aust de service. ]
- [ (1297) Acc.Cornw.in RHS ser.3.665 : De 17 caponibus de cheuagio. ]
- [ (a1300) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 2174 fn. : Quod unusquisque anilepiman et anilepiwyman..dabit domino episcopo unum denarium per annum de chevagio ad festum S.Michaelis preter illos qui fuerunt in servicio patrum vel matrum. ]
- [ a1300-a1400(a1268) Bracton De Leg.(Woodbine)2.36 : Chevagium solverint, quod dicitur recognitio in signum subiectionis et dominii de capite suo. ]
- [ (1301) Pipe R.Chs.in LCRS 92203 : Pro quodam annuo redditu dicto chevage capto quolibet anno de quolibet. ]
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)23 : Item, the King offerithe or sendithe to the shryne of Seint Thomas of Caunterbury, in the name of Chyvyage, three florynes of golde from his privy coffers, yerely.
- a1475 Sidrak & B.(LdMisc 559)10177,10201 : A grete sterre shall shewe þat day..And the chyueuache [Lnsd: tribute] shall take be Ouer all þe worlde in eche contre..; The chyueuacle [Antq: chyueuache; Lnsd: tribute] þat shall taken be Tokenes þat ouer all lorde is he.