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To be a bit more precise, I think it means "takes/took/will have taken the habit," or "exchanged the garment [of a warrior for that of a religious]," i.e., entered a monastery or religious order. Tenure of land could necessarily extend (as the excerpt from pl 32 states) only until the tenant dies or "takes the habit," at which point, because of the vow of poverty, he (or she) would have to relinquish the rights of tenure to an heir or to the person from whom the person holds the land, just as if he or she had died. I presume the excerpt from p. 81 narrates that on the day that Roger took the habit, he held the whole territory of etc. (but had to relinquish it), but better translation would require more context. Patrick Nugent. >I believe the reference is to religious conversion. -Willis > >-----Original Message----- >From: [log in to unmask] >[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Bernadette >and Graham Williams >Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 2:02 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: habitum mutauerit >The words 'habitum mutauerit' or 'habitum mutauit' etc are to be found >in several charters in The Irish Cartularies of Llanthony Prima and >Secunda ed. Eric St John Brooks (Irish Manuscripts Commission Dublin 1953) >and it is difficult to decide what exactly is meant here > >eg. p 81 lxiv >'... totum terram de Balybyn cum ominibus pertinenciis suis sicud melius >eam Rogerus Lych habuit et tenuit die qua habitum mutauit' > >and p 32 'Cum vero idem Lucas decesserit vel habitum mutauerit' > >Any help would be greatly appreciated > >Bernadette Williams __________________________________ Patrick J. Nugent Drawer 104 Earlham College Richmond, Indiana 47374 USA (765) 983-1413 [log in to unmask] __________________________________