_Nattochiis and Calchanti_ (Vol. ix., p. 36.).--Your correspondent F.S.A.
asks what "cum g^anis et nattochiis" means, in a charter of the date of
Edward II. At that time _nattes_ signified reeds, and possibly _withies_:
and the words quoted I believe to mean, "with all grass and reeds (or
reed-beds)." He also inquires what is meant, in a deed of grant of the time
of Queen Elizabeth, by a grant of "decimas calchanti," &c.? It signifies
"tithes ways," &c. The original law Latin for the modern phrase "all ways,"
&c., was _calceata_, signifying "raised ways."
This word has (at different periods) been written, _calceata_, _calcata_,
_calcea_, _calchia_, _chaucée_, and _chaussé_; all of them, however,
meaning the same thing.