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Quotation dates: 1674-1689
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Half-manurer, n. Also: halfe-, hallf- and -manerer. [Manurar n. tiller.] One who farms a tack of land under the terms of a ‘half-manure’ lease (see Half-manure,n.). — 1674 (1675) Dumfries Commissary Ct. Reg. MS. (Reg. H.) p. 90 (Oct. 9).
According as vther tenentis half manureris doe in the country 1684 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds II. 257 (17 July).
[The mains and mill of Barscob as now possessed by the said Elizabeth herself, Andrew Chalmer,] halfe manurer, [and John McMillan, miller at the said mill;] 1684 Ib.
Hallf manurer 1689 Ib. 339 (3 May).
[The said John promising] to labour and manuer the said grund..with neighbour and vther as the use of halfe manerers is, [that is to say, he is to herd. .the whole goods of the half of the said ground, having the fourth sowme of the ground for his pains and expense, to] maw win devid and lead home [the master's part of the same, till, harrow and sow — the master furnishing seed —, shear, lead home, stack and thatch the whole master's part, which is the fourth of the whole crop of the ground,. .for which he is to have the whole profit of the said fourth of the ground crop as it can be divided to the best advantage of both, the master's share always being led home first]
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