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precaries

precaries [cf. CL precarius] , boon-work, customary work or service owed by tenant to lord of manor cf. precarius 4. c1230 debet ad duas ~ies cum tribus hominibus metere, et ipse in propria persona interesse Doc. Bec 29; c1230 debet ‥ ad festum hyemale ad ~ies carucarum arare et herciare cum corredio Ib. 37; c1230 preterquam de ~iebus et cariaturis bladorum quas facere debet precatus Ib. 39 (cf. ib.: metere ad precarias); 1247 R. ‥ in misericordia quia fuit in defectu ad ~ies autumpnales (Bec) SelPlMan 10.

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