The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Housebote \House"bote`\, n. [House + bote.] (Law)
   Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for
   fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.
   [1913 Webster]

Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

HOUSE-BOTE. An allowance of necessary timber out of the landlord's woods,
for the repairing and support of a house or tenement. This belongs of
common-right to any lessee for years or for life. House-bote is said to be
of two kinds, estoveriam aedificandi et ardendi. Co. Litt. 41.