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
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
Much reference was made to the ancient laws of villenage, or semi-slavery, in Britain.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448 Volume 18, New Series, July 31, 1852 by William Chambers
In the days of the most perfect villenage, they had, doubtless, eaten the bread of idleness, and claimed it as a right.
From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various
Serfdom and villenage, distinctive features of, i. 197-200.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
