jointress

“Gertrude is described as the 'imperial jointress' of the State, and the”

Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth

“If the tenant bad paid the rent on the day, the payment had been good, though the lessor had died before sun - set; but the executors to account for this to the jointress. ibid.”

Internet Archive: Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of some special cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench [1695-1735]

“Bot if the tenant had paid the rent on the day, the payment had been good, though the lessor had died before son-set, but his executors to account for - this rent to the jointress.”

Internet Archive: Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of some special cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench [1695-1735]

“‘fornicatress’, ‘cloistress’, ‘jointress’ (all in Shakespeare);”

English Past and Present