serfage

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We must beware of attributing this doctrine of Neifty to the Norman Conquest, which merely supplied names; in definiteness and cruelty nothing could exceed the practice of serfage under the Saxons.

From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)

Tendency toward serfage in the Code of 1705.

From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by Burgess, John William

The rural tenants found themselves in a mesh of legal claims—old services revived, old dues enforced, endless suits in the King's courts grinding them again to serfage.

From Stray Studies from England and Italy by Greene, John Richard

There were no lords of manors, no feudalism, no serfage of any kind.

From The Hearts of Men by Fielding, H. (Harold)

A freeman might deliver himself to serfage by putting a leathern thong upon his neck.

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