portionarius

portionarius [ML < CL portio+-arius] 1 (of person): a (as adj.) who has a share (in a benefice). b (as sb. m.) joint tenant or holder. c (eccl., of a benefice). a monachis, canonicis regularibus, monachis eciam ~iis Obed. Abingd. 385.  b c1321 sicut dicta baronia inter W. de Crechton et Isabellam sponsam suam ~ios ‥ fuerat divisa RMS Scot 27.  c 1277 de duobus nepotibus cancellarii Herefordensis, ~iis de Bromgard Reg. Heref. 135; ~ius, circulo quindecim dierum, quotidie dimidium panem et obbatam cervisie debet procurare Obed. Abingd. 397; 1286 conventio inter ~ios de Duffus Reg. Moray 341 tit.; 1456 de medio terrarum de Litil Futhas, spectante Roberto Bissat, ~io ejusdem ExchScot 151; c1520 ~iis et pensionariis ceterisque capellanis Conc. Scot. I p. cclxx. 2 (of church) whose revenues are used to support one or more portionarii. 1322 an sit litigiosa, pensionaria, vel ~ia DCCant. Register/Q f. 9; 1414 an dicta medietas ecclesie de M. sit litigiosa, pensionaria vel ~ia ‥ inquisicionem faciatis Reg. Cant. III 344; 1420 nec est dicta ecclesia de Sutton pensionaria seu ~ia Ib. I 180; 1444 ecclesie pensionarie et ~ie exiles augmententur Conc. III 54oa..