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acremannus

acremannus [AS æcerman] , ‘acre-man’, class of smallholder. 1222 terre akermannorum, quas dominus potest capere in manu sua cum vult sine injuriis hereditarie successionis: Randulfus Textor, v acras ‥ Dom. S. Paul. 52; 1251 x virgate et dim. virgata terre extra hydam, quas ‥ persona, liberi ~i et cottarii tenent Cart. Rams. I 308; 1252 iiij akermanni tenent duas virgatas Ib. 360 (cf. ib. 332); 1285 akermanni, qui tenent xv acras de akerlond, reddunt pro j virga et j ferling de virga cv opera; et vij cotmanni, qui tenent xviij acras, debent [etc.] Cust. Suss II 29; 1297 de redditu iiij akirmannorum, dummodo non tenuerint caruc’ domini Ac. Cornw II 177; 1319 in acquietancia operum fabri de feodo, qui est akermannus (Suff) MinAc 992/10; 1321 sunt ibidem [Warmington] ~i, quorum quilibet tenet j mesuagium et dim. virgatam terre; et reddunt per annum ‥ xl s., et nihil operantur (Ext.) Whittlesey 193; 1336 sunt apud Neuton’ [Hunts.] ix custumarii vocati akermanni, qui reddunt inter se pro operibus et consuetudinibus suis xl s. IPM 48/2 r. 13; 1340 omnes ~i habent ‥ unam peciam prati ‥ et vocatur acremannemede (Wilts) RentSurv. R 700 m. 1d.; 1381 pro dim. virgata terre quondam Johannis in the Hirne in officio akirmanni MinAc Wistow 109.

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