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Burgage tenures were usually money-based, in contrast to rural tenures, which were usually services-based. In [[Anglo-Saxon England|Saxon times]] the rent was called a ''landgable'' or ''hawgable''.
[[File:Rothe House model.png|thumb|Model of [[Rothe House]] and modern surroundings illustrating its burgage plot, with buildings in grey and garden in green
Burgage grants were also common in Ireland; for example, when the town of [[Wexford]] received its royal charter in 1418, English settlers were encouraged into the town and were given burgage plots at a rent of one [[shilling]] per year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irishwalledtownsnetwork.ie/page/wexford/wexford-info |title=Wexford Info - Irish Walled Towns Network |website=irishwalledtownsnetwork.ie |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208110510/http://irishwalledtownsnetwork.ie/page/wexford/wexford-info |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The term was translated into [[Irish language|Irish]] as {{lang|ga|buiríos}}, and the element "[[Borris (disambiguation)|Borris]]"<!--intentional link to DAB page--> survives in many Irish place names. [[Rothe House]] in [[Kilkenny]] is an exceptionally well-preserved medieval burgage.<ref name=rothehouse>{{cite web|title=Welcome To Rothe House Kilkenny |url= http://www.rothehouse.com/|work=rothehouse.com|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303130559/http://rothehouse.com/ | archive-date= 3 March 2016 | quote = Rothe House & Garden, a historic house in Kilkenny [...] is the only example of an early 17th century merchant’s townhouse in Ireland.}}</ref>
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