staple right, land rent, profit of the chamber, urbura
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The privilege of some cities to stop foreign merchants who crossed their territory and examine their goods or force them to sell their goods. Its most strict form was when the merchant was not allowed to leave the city. In Hungary the following cities had staple right: Esztergom, Pest, Buda, Győr, Nagyszombat, Brassó, Szeben, Kassa. It was abolished in Hungary in 1603.
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land rent
A tax to the landlord, which had to be paid in canage. Originally it was the tax of hospeses. With the appearance of the legally unified villeins it became the most general landlord tax of villeins. The sum varies, depending on the size of the plot of land. At first it was paid once, later twice a year. Its Latin name is census or terragium.
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the profit of the chamber
The income of the treasury from exchanging money. When new money was minted (yearly, or sometimes more often) the old coins had to be exchanged, and at such exchanges duty fees had to be paid. During the 13th century it could be 50% of the nominal value, in the 14th century it was one third of it. From 1336 on it was abolished, but instead an other state tax of the same name was collected till 1467.
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urbura
In English it is the rent of the mine, a royal income after precious metals. It was the tenth of the smelted gold, eighth of the smelted silver or other metals.
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