Burgages Sentence Examples

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  • The first charter was that granted by the prior and convent in 1252, by which Weymouth was made a free borough and port for all merchants, the burgesses holding their burgages by the same customs as those of Portsmouth and Southampton.

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  • There were also certain burgesses, holding twenty-eight burgages.

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  • The town government during this period was by the bishop's bailiff, and the holders of the burgages composed the juries of the bishop's courts leet and baron.

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  • It had a market, a mint and two churches, and the borough contained 123 burgages.

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  • Monmouth probably had burgages in the twelfth century, although it was not incorporated until 1447.

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  • The remains mostly lie under medieval burgages with the exception of extensive industrial activity under Bear Field.

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