Cert-money

Cert-money, or head-money, was a common fine, paid annually by the residents of several manors to the lords thereof; and sometimes to the hundred; pro certo letae, for the certain keeping of the leet. This in ancient records, was called certum letae.{{cite book | editor-last = Chambers| editor-first = Ephraim| author-link = | title = Cyclopaedia, Or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences| publisher = | series = | volume = | edition = | date = 1728| location = | pages = | language = | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Cbc9VS_1QKEC&pg=PT355| doi = | id = | isbn = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = }}