| Alias | refers to a change of name, whether by marriage, adoption, or because of inheritance. See the link in Reply #2 for a comprehensive description.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,291100
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,462463
| BMD Records | Old Documents |
| Als | see Alias | BMD Records | Old Documents |
| Calender Reform | Gregorian/Julian Calendars
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,9319
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,13258
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,300795
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,745520
| BMD Records | Old Documents |
| Communi forma, in | Latin: in common form
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,523031
| Old Documents | |
| Curtilage | Old Engl.: An area of enclosed land around the dwelling, but not including it.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,26880
| Old Documents | Land |
| Deodand | (English Law) ... (formerly) a thing that had caused a person's death and was forfeited to the crown for a charitable purpose: abolished 1862.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,302612
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,338501
| Old Documents | |
| Ear | Old Engl.: to plough
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,21106
| Land | Old Documents |
| Escheat | Old Engl.: Forfeiture of a tenancy if the tenant died without heirs or was convicted of felony | Land | Old Documents |
| Escheater | Old Engl.: an officer appointed to look after the king's escheats, that is, property that reverts to the crown in the absence of legal hiers of claimants. | Land | Old Documents |
| Feuar | Scottish: one who holds a feu (land or house) at a rent.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,212644
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,287387
| Old Documents | Land |
| Handwriting | see Old Handwriting | Old Documents | |
| Ilk | as in "of that ilk"
Ilk means same but in the usual use of the word in 'of that ilk' it means of the same family / kind
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,360825
| Old Documents | |
| in communi forma | Latin: in common form
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,523031
| Old Documents | |
| Messuage | Old Engl.: The whole of an estate, including land and buildings. | Land | Old Documents |
| Old English in Wills | http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,239704
| Old Documents | Wills |
| Old Handwriting | http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,31993
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,328949
| Old Documents | |
| Scottish Handwriting | see Old Handwriting | Old Documents | |
| Scutage | Old Engl.: Shield Money - Money paid in lieu of a physical commitment to military service | Weights and Measures | Old Documents |
| Secretary Hand | see Old Handwriting | Old Documents | |
| Socage | Old Engl.: Money paid in lieu of a commitment to providing physical labour. | Weights and Measures | Old Documents |
| Wadset(t) | (Scot.) A kind of pledge or mortgage
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,252548
| Old Documents | |
