Note 74 — PART II. FEUDAL GRIEVANCES AND MAGNA CARTA.
Reading edition
Mediaeval England, pp. 249-250. A similar tenure still exists in Scotland under the name of "blench"—a tenure wherein the reddendo is elusory, viz., the annual rendering of such small things as an arrow or a penny or a peppercorn, “if asked only” (si petatur tantum).