A mulct on certain lands in or near to the forest of Whitehart paid into the exchequer, imposed by Henry III. upon Thomas de la Linda, for silling a beautiful white hart which that king before had spared in hunting. Camd. Brit 150. … [Read more...] about WHITEHART SILVER
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WEND
In old records. A large extent of ground, comprising several juga; a peram-bulation; a circuit. Spelman; Cowell. … [Read more...] about WEND
WFH
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WERA, OR WERE
The estimation or price of a man, especially of one slain. In the criminal law of the Anglo-Saxons, every man's life had its value, called a "were," or "capitis esttmetio." … [Read more...] about WERA, OR WERE
WHALE
A royal fish, the head being the king's property, and the tail the queen's. 2 Steph. Comm. 19, 448, 540. … [Read more...] about WHALE