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ashlar

History; Medieval

1) Square-edged stonework with even faces. 2) Worked stone, masonry or squared stones in regular courses.

advowson

History; Medieval

1) The right to appoint a priest to a parish church. Advowsons could be held by laymen and were treated as real property which could be inherited, sold, exchanged, or even divided between ...

acre

History; Medieval

A day's ploughing for one plough team. Now 200 X 22 yards. 120 were reckoned to be the average which would support one family, but the acre varied in real size according to local conditions and ...

aletaster

History; Medieval

Officer responsible for enforcing the assize of ale.

Lintel on corbels which are concave on the under side. Sometimes called Caernarvon arch because of its prevalence in that castle, and found in the late 13th and 14th centuries. A late 12th century ...