villenage
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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 Hallam, Henry
The tenements held in villenage of the lord of a manor, at least where they consisted of a messuage or dwelling-house, are often called astra in our older books and court-rolls.
From Notes and Queries, Number 19, March 9, 1850 by Various
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 Hallam, Henry
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
L. angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. anga??us,
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
