The Scottish language has changed over the
years, being influenced by other languages and
cultures. This section provides you with a definition
of those words and phrases commonly found in
documents and records throughout Scotland's
archives. If you know of a word you would like
added to the Glossary then please contact
us.
or sometimes 'gersum'; could be a sum of money
paid or promised by a tenant to his landlord
when his lease was renewed, or by a vassal to
his superior when his right to hold lands in
fee was granted
A royal seal , the Great Seal would be used
for charters, treaties, grants of land, commissions
to high officers of the Crown and other major
state documents.
ground annual
an annual payment, forming a burden on land.
A contract of ground annual was a form of heritable
security.
ground mail, grund
mail
payment for right of burial.
