All the tenawntes ben chargyd to pay al her rent and ferm be Fastyngong Sonday.
William of the Isle renders count of the ferm of Lincolnshire .
The Sheriff accounts for the ferm of the counties, And (cr.
When Middlesex was in ferm to London the two sheriffs were equally Sheriffs of London and Middlesex.
At the first two dates the figures include rents of free and native tenants and ferm of lands.
Than to the streme thai turnyt thar forschip; Kest down thar bewchit ankyrris, ferm of grip, Into the raid; endlang the costis bay Thar eft castellis gan mustyr in array.
Its independence died away, and the troubles of the ferm revived in their old bad form.
John of Gaunt retained Rankyn d’Ypres to dwell with him for peace and war for the term of his life, granting him board and twenty-five marks a year from the ferm of Liverpool, in time of peace.
Edward the Fourth granted the ferm of Bristol to the Queen for her life.
The later charter, for instance, although in the main lines following the older charter, makes no mention of Middlesex being let to ferm nor of any appointment of sheriff or justiciar being vested in the citizens.
Thirdly, the citizens held the city by grant of former kings, at a fee ferm for all services payable into the exchequer, and on that account ought not to be talliaged.
But it had already recovered its prosperity at the date of the Survey; there were as many houses as before, and the ferm of the city was now let by the earl at a sum greatly exceeding the ferm paid in King Edward's time.
Michael’s, and the warden and priests at Bablake—but as early as 1384 it was ordered by the Leet to pay yearly the ferm to the Prior, in return for which a certain part of the common lands was made over into its possession.
As the bailiffs had certain sources of income allotted to them (they being personally responsible for the fee ferm rent) they need not be blamed for trying to help themselves.
A new composition made in 1433 gave the council of twenty-five right to choose a serjeant in addition to the two appointed by the bailiffs; he was to collect the rents due from burgesses for the ferm of the town.
In 1302 a lease of the ferm of the town to certain persons is granted by consent of twenty-two men named, but without any mention of their position, “and all the community of the town.
For Southampton was reputed wealthy, with its unusually imposing ferm of £226 and the big roll of the king’s customs, and there were always people waiting to dip their hands into so rich treasury.
A large part of the ferm was settled on successive queens from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries,[560] and however low funds might run the town always tried to keep well at court by paying at least the Queen’s jointure.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ferm" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
