| Ricoard |
say it like Richard |
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| chain-mail |
armour made of small iron rings linked together |
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| parchment |
dried sheepskin, used before paper |
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| lord of the manor |
the man who held the manor in return for service to his lord;
he was not a nobleman, though his lord might be |
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| clerk |
(then) a man who could read and write, usually a monk |
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| Brother |
a member of an order of monks |
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| Mercia |
it had been an Anglian kingdom in the Midlands of England;
at this time it was an Earldom |
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| tenant |
one who rents land, paying in work, service or money |
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| demesne |
"of the manor", meaning that part of the manor
which the lord kept for his own farm and pleasure |
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| meadows |
riverside fields, with long rich grass |
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| reeve |
lord's foreman |
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| hide |
about 120 acres of land (Summerfield Park is 36 acres) |
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| waste |
NOT useless land; but land not yet cleared and cancelled |
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| heath |
dry, stony or sandy country; where bushes and gorse grow |
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| grazing |
animals feeding on grass |
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