_"Drengage" and "Berewich."_--In _Domesday_ certain tenants are described
as drenches or drengs, holding by drengage; and some distinction is made
between the drengs and another class of tenants, who are named _berewites_;
as, for instance, in Newstone,--
"Huj' [manerium abbrev.] ali[=a] t'r[=a] xv ho[=e]s quos _Drenchs_
vocabant pro xv [manerium abbrev.] tenet sed huj' [manerium abbrev.]
_berewich_ erant."
I shall be glad if any information as to these tenures, and also as to the
derivation of the words "drengage" and "berewich," or berewite, both of
which may be traced, I believe, to a Danish origin.