Formerly in Welsh law, an amober, or amobyr, was a maiden-fee paid to a lord on the marriage of a maiden in his manor. The term is similar to the English feudal merchet.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade. An Introduction to Late Modern English. Edinburgh University Press; 2009. ISBN 978-0-7486-2597-0. p. 55.
  2. ↑ Ancient tenures of land in North Wales and the Marches. Printed for the Author; 1910. p. 201.
  • "Amober". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Second Edition 1989.


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