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From: "Geoff Lowe" <>
Subject: Re: Messuage
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:10:50 -0000

A 'messuage' is simply a house and the associated land around it, there is
no set size.
I have sometimes seen it abbreviated to 'messe' or even 'mess.'

Geoffers
Charlbury, Oxfordshire
Researching LOWE/LOW in Norfolk, Hampshire and Madison County (NY, USA)
GOSDEN and LOVETT in Hampshire/Isle of Wight
and HOLDEN and HAWORTH around Haslingden and Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Jacobs <>
> Can someone tell me what a "messuage" of land is? How big is it in
today's terminology?
>
> Michael Jacobs
> Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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