39^ Glossary. 



Panel or pannel=A short saddle raised before and beliind for small 

 burdens carried on horseback. 



Pa/'aya«7 = The last of the vassalage in the scale of sub-infeudation. 



Passage =Seignorial toll for market produce carried over the manorial 

 lands. 



Ped=A saddle constructed so as to carry the milkmaid and her dairy- 

 produce to market on horseback. 



Pei'C€r=A tool for piercing leather. 



P/cca^e =Seignorial toll levied on stalls as compensation for damages to 

 the ground on which they were tixed. 



Piepowdre = C\xria, pedis pulve7'ei—A court of the mercatores stellati for 

 the administration of justice at fail's. See page 226, note 1. 



Pod = An old leathern bottle nailed to the side of a farm cart as a re- 

 ceptacle for tools. 



i'on^a^e^Seignorial toll for market produce carried over a private bridge. 



Pontiuni et viarum re/ec^io = Repairs of bridges and roads. 



Po?'?orea= Roman State tolls levied on imported and exported merchan- 

 dise. 



Possessores='R\ch. squatters on the Roman Ager Publicus. 



Primer Seisin^The first possession : i.e. part of the king's prerogative, 

 whereby he had the entire profits for a year of all lands, etc., on his 

 tenant's death until the latter's heir did homage. 



Primus inter pares = A chief on terms of equality with his followers. 



Procurator fisci=Th.e head officer of the Roman civil service in each 

 province. 



Recognitors=Jury empanelled on an assize: so called because they ac- 

 knowledged a disseisin by their verdict. 



Res wa/ic(p«= Property of which a person can dispose. 



Res nee mancipi ^'Property of which a person cannot dispose. 



Retting=The spreading of hemp on a moist site: if on a meadow it was 

 called " dew retting," if in a pool it was called " water retting." 



Reve=The popular representative of justice in the seignorial court. 



Rifle— H\ve twisted handle of a scythe. 



>S'ac=Th6 lord's manorial privilege of holding picas in causes of trespass 



arising from his tenants. 

 *S'crz/><?ira = Roman State agistment charge on livestock pastured on the 



Ager Publicus. 

 Scutaye = T\io tax on knights' fees. 

 Scy r emote — ThQ court of the county. 

 Seame = A horseload of winnowed com. 

 Serlands = The reaper's perquisite in land. 



