villenage
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The tenements in villenage, whether by law or usage, were never separated from the lordship, while its domain was reduced to a smaller extent through subinfeudations, sales, or demises for valuable rent.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
The beginning of the seventeenth century is the period usually referred to as the date of the extinction of personal villenage.
From Notes and Queries, Number 09, December 29, 1849 by Various
To people imbued with ideas of feudalism the way of escape from villenage seemed to be not independence, but a new reversion to it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" 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
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
