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Friday, June 24, 2022
The Mortgage
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"Mortgage" is a Late Middle English word from Old French, and literally means "dead pledge"; folk etymology will say the...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
The Assize of Clarendon
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King Henry II of England had problems. The period known as The Anarchy was over, but the mercenaries employed during it were causing tro...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Eyres
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An "eyre" (Middle English, from Old French eire from Latin iter , "journey") was "a circuit court held in medie...
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