Institute of Historical Research    John Hobson Matthews
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another format:  'Glossary', Cardiff Records: volume 5 (1905),
pp. 557-598. URL: Date accessed: 09 March 2014. Add to my
bookshelf   (Min 3 characters)    Abbot, fem. Abbess. (Latin
abbas, abbatissa.) The superior of a monastic house of first
rank, which is termed an abbey.  Acquittance. A document freeing
a person from liability.  Administrator. A person appointed by
the Court to wind up and distribute the personal estate of one
who has died intestate or without having appointed executors.
Advowry, advoury (Latin advocaria.) Rent paid for the agistment
of cattle.  Advowson (Latin advocatio.) The right of
presentation to a vacant benefice. In such records as the
Ministers' Accounts this word means tribute paid to the Lord of
Glamorgan by Welshmen who held no land individually.  Agistment
(French gite, a lair.) The pasturing of another's cattle on
one's land.  Alderman (elder man.) One of