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Pimp-tenure

Pimp-tenure, a very singular and odious kind of tenure mentioned by our old writers, 'Wilhelmus Hoppeshort tenet dimidiam virgatam terr' per servitium custodiendi sex damisellas, scil. Meretrices ad usum domini regis.'-12 Edw. 1. It is suggested by some writers that 'usum' is a copyist's error for 'custum,' and that the last four words mean 'at the cost of our lord the king,' and not 'for the use of our lord the king,' and that this record is one of reformatory activity....