Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Castles.
A town-dweller with trading rights who held land in return for rent, often operating in markets protected by a nearby castle.
Burgess appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The Norman Conquest (1065–1087), especially Castles and Purpose.
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