An ancient term, the quit-rent simply was a tax on land.  Those taxes were so called because for a thousand years plus, in England and in some colonies here, one paid a rent to the owner - "landlord" - on the land that one farmed or occupied from that landowner - sometimes, indeed, a "lord" - and only the privileged few owned any land atall.  The term "quit" meant that after the payment of that rent, the tenant was quit - "free" - of any other rent for that year or term as the case might be.    

    Paul Drake JD
 Genealogist & Author
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: P. Moring 
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  Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 10:03 PM
  Subject: Quit rents....


  Can someone tell me the "correct" definition of a "quit rent" and "quit
  rents list"? Like Forrest Gump, I am not a smart man. What I've been told
  many moons ago doesn't appear to be correct. Tahnks!!! Paul M.

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