merchet

A peasant would pay a merchet to his lord upon the marriage of a woman.

Bess Merchet sat at a small table near the hearth.

The term is similar to the English feudal merchet.

Digby called his order to Merchet, then came over to Owen's corner.

Tom Merchet was an artisan of great skill.

A merchet was a fine paid on a marriage during the Middle Ages in England.

Bess Merchet is sitting with him now.

The rural population therefore made a concerted attack upon marriage taxes and controls (formariage, merchet).

Bess Merchet makes her decisions in good time.'

For example having to pay merchet, a tax paid upon the marriage of a servile woman, was a key sign of being unfree.

Tom Merchet said you left quite early.' '

Bess Merchet brought over some of Tom's ale.

And Arnulf wants me to abet the theft of my maid by remitting the merchet for her, does he?

I suggest you see Bess Merchet at the York Tavern.

The great Merchet School is celebrating its five hundred years with a grand historical pageant when a brutal death intervenes.

Your charm does not blind Bess Merchet.

The medieval marriage fine or merchet has been interpreted as a payment for the droit de seigneur to be waived.

Or over to talk with Bess Merchet?'

Down below, Bess Merchet bellowed an order.

The York Tavern provided a good living to Bess Merchet and her husband, Tom.

The serving girl scrubbed the stones in front of the hearth under Bess Merchet's critical eye. '

And Bess Merchet aided her.

I am Bess Merchet, proprietress.

Would you be Goodwife Merchet?'

"It's peanuts," said Jean Dominique Merchet, editor of blog secretdefense on military affairs.