messuage

• Fludyer Street stands on the site of Axe Yard, which derived its name from a great messuage or brewhouse on the west side of King Street, called "The Axe," and referred to in a document of the 23rd of Henry VIII—B having my wife, and servant Jane, and no more in family than us three. —  The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan 1659/'60
• With regard to pews annexed by prescription to certain messuages the right to the pew passes with the messuage, the tenant of which for the time being has also de jure for the time being the prescriptive right to the pew. —  Churchwardens' Manual their duties, powers, rights, and privilages
• The prior of Holy Trinity, Wallingford, held a messuage, a mill, and 6 acres of land in free alms; i.e. under no obligation or liability other than offering prayers on behalf of the donor. —  A Short History of English Agriculture
• "She is, it is true, the heir-at-law, but our departed friend left his house, messuage, farm and all its appurtenances to his adopted son Humphrey Bold, with an annuity of fifty pounds per annum to his faithful housekeeper Rebecca Pennyquick: I took down his instructions with his own hand, and engrossed the will myself There is some mistake, gentlemen, something inexplicable. —  Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow
• The tenements held in villenage of the lord of a manor, at least where they consisted of a messuage or dwelling-house, are often called astra in our older books and court-rolls. —  Notes and Queries, Number 19, March 9, 1850

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