villenage
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The services of villenage were gradually rendered less onerous and uncertain.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
The purchasers under these alienations had occasion for labourers; and these would be free servants in respect of such employers, though in villenage to their original lord.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
All this practice was based upon the common law proceedings when a claim was made of villenage.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 by Various
And when these had lasted a considerable time in any manor, the villenage of the latter, without any manumission, would have expired by desuetude.
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
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