heritrix

noun

1. A female heritor.

   “It is the concealment and loſſe of three moſt notable in Heritrices, that were married vnto three of theſe Ferrarian Earles.”

   “Seeing thoſe that ſtand up for a Right to Heritors do alſo allow of Heritrixes their voting in the Affair, it is ridiculous in them to ſtart any ſuch Objection.”

   “If the Aſſembly go in to this Overture, which God forbid, would it not be needful, as they conſult the Peace and Eaſe of Church-judicatories, that they declare to the World what they mean by Heritors? As, Whether, by Heritors, they intend Heritrixes alſo? For Heritrixes are not Heritors in the ſtrict Acceptation of the Word.”

   “[…]perſons who, though they may have retired from buſineſs, ſhall have, at ſome time, for the ſpace of five years together, carried on, or been occupied in ſuch trade, manufacture, art or profeſſion, within the Borough, or ſhall be heritors, or the huſbands of heritrixes holding property within the Borough, in manner herein after mentioned:[…]”