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A quick definition of bederepre:
Term: BEDEREPRE
Definition: Bederepre is an old-fashioned word that means a copyhold tenant's service of reaping the landlord's grain. It was a way for the tenant to pay their rent by doing work for the landlord. Sometimes it was also spelled as bedrip or biderepe.
A more thorough explanation:
BEDEREPRE
Bederepre is a historical term that refers to a copyhold tenant's service of reaping the landlord's grain. It is also spelled as bedrip or biderepe.
John, a copyhold tenant, was required to perform bederepre for his landlord during the harvest season. This meant that he had to reap the grain from the landlord's fields as part of his tenancy agreement.
Another example of bederepre is when Mary, a copyhold tenant, had to provide her landlord with a certain number of days of bederepre each year. This was a form of rent payment in kind, where the tenant provided labor instead of money.
Bederepre was a common practice in medieval England, where copyhold tenants were required to provide their landlords with various forms of labor as part of their tenancy agreement. The term specifically refers to the service of reaping the landlord's grain during the harvest season. The examples illustrate how bederepre was used as a form of rent payment in kind, where tenants provided labor instead of money.