Thrapptenure

[Dai_B]

I wonder if anyone can help. I am transcribing a will dated 1607 as part of a family project and on two occasions it refers to a Thrapptenure as a form of landlease or copyhold.  I spend a long while searching on the web  without success. I think it was an archaic term even in 1607 when almost all land was then held by copyhold.

Does any one have any ideas.

Dai

[Little Nell]

Is it possibly a contraction of two words: 'the' and 'appurtenances' ?

They often melded words together at this time e.g. shalbe, thage (for 'the age' - this is one I've found in the last couple of days in 17th century wills).

Just a thought.

Nell

Added:     think I'm wrong - just re-read the word above, nothing like it!  Sorry to mislead. 

[Dai_B]

Thanks - I was also wrong, there is no R it is Thapptenure - in my context it reads - my messuage, lands, tenements and herediments with thapptenure as well freeholds as copyhold scituate - 

I did find this one reference on the web - one tenement with thapptenure upon castle ditch to have to hold the said. -

I guess I will have to accept it for what it is

Dai

[Little Nell]

Ah - no 'r'

In that context I believe it is a contraction of 'the' and 'appurtenances' which basically means all the buildings and other things like hedges or fences associated with or incidental to the premises.  I have definitely seen the word lots of times in just that context.

Nell

[Dai_B]

I think you might be right I found this document from the 1500's
https://books.google.com/books?id=B7o4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA678&lpg=PA678&dq=Thapp&source=bl&ots=EARItv1aZI&sig=EO5rKF3VmQDmh8G8QjzpdUxxwAY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=N9EuVfqmF4qiNu26gfgM&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Thapp&f=false
 with the word thapptenences all over the place.  The word appurtenances appears often in my document - thanks for the heads up

Dai