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merchet
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merchetnoun
In Middle Ages England, a fine paid to a lord on a daughter's marriage, in recompense for the loss of a worker.
Etymology: From Welsh merched, plural form of merch, daughter.
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Merchet
Merchet (also: -ett, -ete, -eit, -eat, -iett, -i(e)te, -iatte, mershet(e), marchet, -eit, market) () was a fine paid on a marriage during the Middle Ages in England. The word derives from the plural form of daughter, merched, in old Welsh. Merchet was payment to a peasant's lord, whether by the persons marrying, or by a father for his son or daughter, or by a brother for his sister. There are also records of young Medieval women working in service away from home having saved money to pay a merchet fee for the right to choose their marriage partner. Theories regarding the practice include recompense for the loss of a worker. The etymology of the term may be sought not in the root of any word having reference to maids or daughters in particular, but in the root of an unknown word having reference to blood, to purchase, to redemption or enfranchisement, or the price paid for it, or to a particular kind of tax, fine, impost, or exaction.
Webster Dictionary
Merchetnoun
in old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters
Etymology: [LL. marcheta; of uncertain origin.]
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Merchet
A merchet was a fine paid on a marriage during the Middle Ages in England. The word derives from the plural form of daughter, merched, in old Welsh. A peasant would pay a merchet to his lord upon the marriage of a woman. The justification for this was that when a woman married, her lord was losing a worker. Usually the bride's father would pay, as buying the right to give his daughter away. There is an unsubstantiated theory that relates this fine to droit de seigneur
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of merchet in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of merchet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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