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Tudor Land Measurement
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If Lie in King is awake---would like to know what was "a claw"--it was a word to do with North Devon land measurement. It is a real puzzle! please help. Magda
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It sounds like it might be similar to what's called an 'intake' round here:
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Thanks for answering both of you ---maybe "intake" Lie in King---not a quiz---just something that came up in a local history lecture. Tudor period in N.Devon --talking about acreage---and "a claw". Sounds as if it is a subdivision of an acre? There again --with Devon dialect it might be a mis-hearing of a similar word! I tried the Answer Bank crossworders because their breadth & depth of knowledge is considerable. Magda
Though not easy to read, the glossary of this document
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gives "Clava or Clawa - a claw or close of land". One definition of close in Chambers Dictionary - "an enclosed place; a small enclosed field". So not a measurement of area.
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gives "Clava or Clawa - a claw or close of land". One definition of close in Chambers Dictionary - "an enclosed place; a small enclosed field". So not a measurement of area.
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