HERIOT  , by derivation the arms and equipment (geatwa) of a soldier or See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army (here) ; the O . Eng. word is thus here-geatwa . The See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of a See also:

• FEE

fee provided his See also:

• TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenant with arms and a See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, either as a See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift or See also:

• LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

loan, which he was to use in the military service paid by him . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of the tenant the lord claimed the return of the equipment . When by the loth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• LAND

land was being given instead of arms, the heriot was still paid, but more in the nature of a " See also:

• RELIEF

relief " (q.v.) . There seems to have been some connexion between the See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of the heriot and the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of making a will (F . W . See also:

• MAITLAND (MAITLAND OF LETHINGTON), WILLIAM
• MAITLAND, EAST
• MAITLAND, EDWARD (1824-1897)
• MAITLAND, FREDERIC WILLIAM (1850-1906)
• MAITLAND, SIR RICHARD (LORD LETHINGTON) (1496-r586)

Maitland, Domesday See also:

• BOOK

Book and Beyond, p . 298) . By the 13th century the payment was made either in See also:

• MONEY

money or in See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind by the handing over of the best beast or of the best other See also:

• CHATTEL (for derivation see CATTLE)

chattel of the tenant (see See also:

• POLLOCK

Pollock and Maitland, See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law, i . 270 sq.) . For the manorial law See also:

• RELATING

relating to heriots, see CoPYxo1.D .