Dublin.
_Borough-English_ (Vol. iv., p. 133.).--_Burgh_ or _Borough-English_ is
a custom appendant to _ancient_ boroughs, such as existed in the days of
Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror, and are contained in the
Book of Domesday. Taylor, in his _History of Gavelkind_, p. 102.,
states, that in the villages round the city of Hereford, the lands are
all held in the tenure of Borough-English. There appears also to be a
customary descent of lands and tenements in some places called
_Borow-English_, as in Edmunton: vid. _Kitchin of Courts_, fol. 102. The
custom of _Borough-English_, like that of gavelkind, and those of London
and York, is still extant; and although it may have been in a great
measure superseded by _deed_ or _will_, yet, doubtless, instances occur
in the present day of its vitality and consequent operation.