Hist. [ad. med.L. truncāgium, f. L. truncus TRUNK: see -AGE.] The furnishing of a trunk of a tree for the king’s hearth, as a condition of the tenure of certain lands, e.g., at Bamburgh.
[1212. Exch. K. R., Knights’ Fees, 2/2 m. 5 (P.R.O.). Thomas de Bedinhale … cariabit truncas ad castellum de Banburg. Ibid. (1235), 2/20 m. 4. Thomas de Bedenhal … facit truncagium castello de Bamburg’ annuatim.]
1893. Bateson, Hist. Northumb., I. 36 (Bamburgh). The truncage due to the castle from the several townships had by that time been commuted for the annual sum of £4. 19s. 41/2d.
