Used of the saplings which sprang from the stool or stoven of a tree in the coppice cycle. They could be felled at the end of the cycle or allowed to grow into more substantial trees.
There are references to pontage from the twelfth century (OED): it was a toll levied on goods that crossed certain bridges and it was supposed to contribute to their maintenance.
A portable breviary, that is the book which in the Roman Catholic church contained the ‘Divine Office’ for each day, and had to be ready to hand for those in orders.
This was an allowance for drinks or an actual pot of ale given to certain workmen as a bonus, and references to the custom occur in a variety of early documents linked to building.
Literally ‘the aforesaid’, the things mentioned previously. It is now usually understood to refer to a building or buildings, and this meaning came about via title deeds and other legal documents which referred in the first place to a piece of property and then to the aforesaid property.