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selfodis

selfodis, ~us [ME selfode, selfoder], class of tenant who dwelt on land and performed or commuted services without owning land. b tenancy of this form. 1209 quam cito idem nativi liberam sui habuerint potestatem et de proprio vixerint labore et effecti fuerint sulfodes tunc quilibet eorum tres debet domino regi facere bedripas Cart. Ciren. 266; regis nativi de C. qui erant sulfode [v. l. sulfodi] Ib.; 1282 sunt ibi quidam pauperes qui vocantur ~es, qui dant de suo ut hospitentur (Cumb) IPM 31/3 m. 1; prestacio ~orum ibidem extenditur ad iiij d. Ib.; 1291 de qualibet ~e iij dietas vel iij denarios, exceptis selfod' propriis Johanni de Somervile in terra sua comorantibus (Eglingham) N. & Q. 9th s. VII 89/1; 1297 de firma cotteriorum cum bracinagio ~orum cum Motteswedu de dictis terminis Pipe 143 m. 28d.; 1317 de cxlj operibus coteriorum et ~orum tocius libertatis metencium in autumpno (Hexham) MinAc 1144/3 r. 1a; 1378 consuetudines ‥ omnes ~es facient quilibet tres precarias tantum MonA III 318.  b 1523 Stephanus Scald iiij d. pro xx ov' selfhuld', Johannes Fell iij d. de Heghyreby pro x ov' foren', Matheus Cape iiij d. fil' Th' pro xx ov' selfhuld' (CourtR) MS Carlisle RO D/Lec..

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