- Mainpast
- ♦ To assume responsibility for another; to be under the guardianship of another.(Bennett, Judith M. Women in the Medieval English Countryside, 234)Related terms: Wardship
Medieval glossary. 2014.
Mainpast
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Manupast — [mainpast] Term for a household, also a member of another s household. In legal terms one belonged to a mainpast, as one belonged to a *frank pledge or *tithing. [< OldFr. meynpast < Lat. manupastus < manus = hand + pastus = fed] Cf.… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Wardship — The right of a feudal lord to the income of a fief during the minority of its heir. The lord was required to maintain the fief and to take care of the material needs of the ward. When the ward came of age, the lord was required to release the… … Medieval glossary
