- Alba firma
- Lit. 'white *farm, white payment'. The annual rent payable to a lord, esp. the king, in 'white money', i.e. assayed silver.
Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. Christopher Coredon with Ann Williams.
Alba firma
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