[Note 1] Stanks : comes from an old french word “estanc”, meaning ponds or pools of putrid waters.
[Note 2] Wainage : comes from an old french word “gaignage”, meaning a produce derived from the tillage (agricultural preparation of the soil) of land.
[Note 3] Scutage : comes from a latin word “scutum”, meaning shield, and is a form of taxation, in the law of England under the Feudal system, allowing a knight to buy out of the military service due to the Crown, using his “knight’s fee” held under the Feudal land tenure of Knight services.
[Note 4] Anent : old English word meaning “concerning”, “about”.