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† ˈcotset Hist.
[OE. cot-sǽta (Somner), lit. ‘occupant of a cot,’ chiefly known in latinized form cotsētus and OF. cozet, coscet (pl. -ez) in Domesday and other early sources; f. cot n.1 + -sǽta = OLG. -sâto, OHG. -sâȥo sitter, dweller.]
In OE. Law: A villein who occupied a cot or cottage with an attached plot of land, held by service of labour. (See note to cottar 1.)
[c1086Domesday Bk., Wiltshire (Du Cange), Rogerius Comes: Octo villani, & octo Coscez cum quinque carucis. c1125Laws of Hen. 1, c. 30 (Spelman) Willani vero vel cotseti, vel ferdingi, vel qui sunt hujusmodi viles vel inopes personæ, non sunt inter legum judices numerandi.] 1809Tomlins Law Dict., Cotsets..the meanest sort of men, now termed cottagers. [1875Stubbs Const. Hist. I. 427 The Domesday Survey..attests the existence of..nearly 7000 cotarii and cotseti, whose names seem to denote the possession of land or houses held by service of labour or rent paid in produce. Ibid. 431 The exclusion of the villani, cotseti, and ferdingi..from the judicial duties of the shiremoot.] 1883Seebohm Vill. Commun. 63 [citing Liber Niger of Peterb. Abbey, 1125] In Kateringes..there were 8 cotsetes, each holding 5 acres..The 8 cotsetes work one day a week, and twice a year make malt.
b. Comb. cotsetland = cotland.
.. Liber Ramesiensis §265 (Du Cange) Dedit prædictus Abbas prædicto Hugoni..unam Cotsethlandam cum libero servitio. |