1lawfemalestatustolleress, woman who, after the death of a tenant, accesses the land and declares herself the rightful heir or reversioner, even when she is not:
(
1293
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la mere entra cum sun toleresse en clamant le fee e le franc tenement estre le sen
20-21 EdI 467
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1311
)
après la mort T[homas] W[alter] n'entra pas inmediate, mes fist un G. come nostre tolleresse
Ed II ix 13
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1313
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ele entra come nostre toleresse, qar ele fust bastarde
Ed II xiv.ii 66
toleresse (1293)