mesne
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Vavassors, that is, mesne tenants, are particularly mentioned in one enumeration of barons attending the court.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry
But, if these mesne tenants had possessed equal rights of voting with tenants in chief, it is impossible to conceive that they would have thought of claiming so unreasonable an exemption.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry
There were times when he thought he should have to come upon Lionel Verner for the mesne profits, he observed.
From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
In 1205 Farnham had bailiffs, and in 1207 it was definitely a mesne borough under the bishops of Winchester.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Earl township, Pa., assignees, by mesne assignments, of Martin W. Zimmerman and John Zimmerman.
