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
As a villein might be enfeoffed of freeholds, though they lay at the mercy of his lord, so a freeman might hold tenements in villenage.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
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
L. angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. anga??us,
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
It is obvious, however, that judgment was in no case given in favour of the plea; so that we can infer nothing as to the actual continuance of villenage.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
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