villenage
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I cannot presume to conjecture in what degree voluntary manumission is to be reckoned among the means that contributed to the abolition of villenage.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
Proofs of this remarkable transformation from tenants in villenage to copyholders are found in the reign of Henry III.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
Jaytee on record for existing monuments, 418. —— on villenage, 411.
From Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 3, January-June, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
This increase of villenage morally depressed the peasantry, and widened still further the breach between the yeomanry and the gentry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
In the reign of Edward IV., however, it was held that a tenant in villenage had an action of trespass against the lord.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
