Legal Definitions - dangeria

Definition: Dangeria is a historical term that refers to the payment made by forest tenants to their lord so that they can plow and sow during the same season as pannage. Pannage is the right to feed animals, especially swine, on the nuts and other food that has fallen from trees in a forest.

For example, if a tenant wanted to plow and sow their fields during the same season that pannage was allowed, they would have to pay their lord a fee called dangeria. This fee would give them permission to use the land for farming while also allowing their animals to graze on the forest's windfallen nuts and other food.

Another example would be if a lord wanted to increase their income from their forest, they could charge their tenants a higher dangeria fee to allow them to farm during pannage season. This would give the lord more money while also allowing the tenants to use the land for farming.

These examples illustrate how dangeria was used as a way to regulate the use of forest land and ensure that both the lord and the tenants could benefit from it. It also shows how pannage and dangeria were closely linked, as they both involved the use of forest resources for farming and animal husbandry.