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avermannus

avermannus [ME: (?) infl. by werkman] , tenant holding land by transport service. c1182 in Ogginhale sunt ij avermeni ‥; et debent deferre corredium super dorsum quo fuerit opus RB Worc. 170 (cf. ib. 17: 1299 †arkmanni: J. ‥ tenet j avercklandum); 12‥ fuerunt viij aurkemonni, quorum quilibet operabatur singulis ebdomadis ij diebus ‥ Reg. Pri. Worc. 43b; 12‥ sunt apud Menstre v ~i qui debent per totum quociens summonentur cum omnibus equis saccis averare ad Cantuariam ‥ et summonere halimotum et namiare ‥ et defferre bladum de curia ad batellum Reg. S. Aug. 28 (cf. ib. 27: debent namiare cum bedello et ceteris ~is); 1275 fecit dictos ~os ducere fimum ‥ ad manerium suum Hund. (Kent) I 208 (cf. ib.: utrum ~i deberent servicium suum vel servicii redempciones).

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