COTERELLUS

coterellus (kot-[schwa]-rel-[schwa]s). [Law Latin] Hist. A serf who inhabits a cottage; a servile tenant whose person, issue, and goods are at the disposal of the lord. — Also spelled coterell. Cf. COTARIUS. “Coterellus…. A cottager. Considered by Spelman and others, the same with cotarius. But Cowell makes the distinction that the cotarius had free socage […]