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ball-flower

History; Medieval

# Globular ornament consisting of three-petalled flower enclosing a small ball. # Ornament resembling a ball enclosed in a globular three-petalled flower; characteristic of the ...

chancery

History; Medieval

Part of the king's household and responsible for writing his writs and other instruments of government.

regular canon

History; Medieval

A clerk who was not a monk but who lived in a community governed by a rule and belonged to one of the religious orders of canon regulars.

bovate

History; Medieval

# An eighth of a carucate. Sometimes reckoned at 15 acres; land ploughed by two oxen. # An ox-gang, or as much land as an ox could plough in a year; varying in amount from 10 to ...