Steven Till

Chevage

1) Payment, typically in kind, owed annually by villein living outside the manor.
(Gies, Frances and Joseph. Life in a Medieval Village, 243)

2) An annual payment made to a lord by each of his unfree tenants.
(Bennett, H.S. Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions, 1150-1400, 337)

3) Poll tax, or personal charge due from dependants.
(Duby, Georges. Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West, 554)

*term definitions retrieved from Netserf’s Medieval Glossary (http://www.netserf.org/Glossary)

Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on November 7th, 2008