:Amober

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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.Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade. [https://books.google.com/books?id=_vUvAQAAMAAJ An Introduction to Late Modern English]. Edinburgh University Press; 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-7486-2597-0}}. p. 55.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Oq81AQAAIAAJ Ancient tenures of land in North Wales and the Marches]. Printed for the Author; 1910. p. 201.

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  • "Amober". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Second Edition 1989.

Category:Feudal duties

Category:Welsh law

Category:Legal history of Wales

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