Gablum
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Gabellum.
L. Lat. [from Sax. gafol, gafel, qq. v.] In old English law. A rent.
Domesday. LL.
Ince, c.
66.
Hagas reddentes novem libras de gablo; houses paying nine pounds of rent.
Camd. Brit. 213.
Cowell thinks it was a rent imposed by the power and will of the lord, as distinguished from a rent paid by agreement. Interest, or usury; the profit of money.
Spelman. Gablatores.
Those persons who paid gabel, rent or tribute.
Domesday. Cowell.