A tribal assembly.    (Fine, John V.A. Jr. The Late Medieval Balkans, 627)

A heraldic composite animal, like a spotted deer with swivelling horns.    (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 416)

1) A writ issued as matter of routine and requiring no special authority.    (Sayles, George O. The King's Parliament of England, 146) 2) A writ issued at the request of a complainant who des [..]

1) Sealed document, transmitting an order from the king or his courts.    (Sayles, George O. The King's Parliament of England, 146) 2) A royal order to a definite person; a mandate commanding [..]

[Witenagemot] Council composed of nobles and ecclesiastics which advised the Anglo Saxon kings of England. Also chose the successor to the throne. Resembles the commune concilium.    (MEDI [..]

Subsidiary timber inserted between purlins and principals to resist lateral thrust and wind pressure. May be straight, curved or cusped. Two tiers or three usual.    (Wood, Margaret. The English M [..]

[wic, wih (Old English)] A merchant settlement or town, probably originally unfortified and thus different from a burgus or civitas; apparently used in this sense (though also in others) in th [..]

Sloping surface (to buttresses, hood-moulds, etc.) to throw off rain.    (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 416)

A series of horizontal boards set up on a sill, each overlapping the next, to throw off rain. The boards are wedge-shaped in section, the upper edge being the thinner.    (Wood, Margaret. The Engl [..]

1) A combination of laths and clay used to infill panels in a timber-framed building.    (Kenyon, John R. Medieval Fortifications, 212) 2) Hurdlework of vertical stakes, interwoven with mixture of [..]