Medieval England liked its “fines” which sound pretty similar to dues or taxes today. There were quite a few around marriage:
- Merchet – a fine paid for a licence to marry
- Legerwite which literally translates as a “laying down fine” was the fine levied on a woman who had had pre-marital sex (there was no corresponding male fine)
- Chidewite – the fee for having an illegitimate child.
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