Cert-money, or head-money, was a common fine, paid annually by the residents of several manors to the lords thereof; and sometimes to the hundred; pro certo letae, for the certain keeping of the leet. This in ancient records, was called certum letae.
References
- Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). Cyclopaedia, Or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Cert-money". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
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