villenage
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In relation to the tenants in villenage, the court baron was called the customary court.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
He said: 'If the statute of Charles II. ever be repealed, the law of villenage revives in its full force.'
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448 Volume 18, New Series, July 31, 1852 by William Chambers
The villenage tenant of it was an astrarius.
From Notes and Queries, Number 19, March 9, 1850 by Various
From so disadvantageous a condition as this of villenage it may cause some surprise that the peasantry of England should have ever emerged.
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
