What is Merchet?
{{Orphan|date=May 2009}} A '''merchet''' was a [[fine]] paid on a [[marriage]] in the [[Middle Ages]] in [[England]]. When a [[peasant]] woman was to get married to someone who was not of the same [[manor]], her [[lord]] was paid [[money]] to allow her to be married. The money was usually paid by the father of the woman. This fine was paid because when the woman became married she would leave the manor with her new husband. Because of this, the lord would lose a worker. {{history-stub}} [[Category:Middle Ages]] [[Category:Family law]]