CUSTUMAL

Custumal

A custumal is a medieval English document, usually edited and composed over time, that stipulates the economic, political, and social customs of a manor or town.

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custumal

Noun

  1. A survey of a medieval English manor, listing each tenant and the customs under which the tenancy was held.
    However, it may have been too unwieldy for a large and growing city, and its business therefore narrowed as the other courts developed. According to an early thirteenth-century custumal, there were three chief folkmoots a year:


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