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... held A. D. 7863 , wherein the payment of tithes in general is strongly enjoined . This canon , or decree , which at first bound not the laity , was effectually confirmed by two kingdoms of the heptarchy , in their parliamentary conven ...
... held A. D. 7863 , wherein the payment of tithes in general is strongly enjoined . This canon , or decree , which at first bound not the laity , was effectually confirmed by two kingdoms of the heptarchy , in their parliamentary conven ...
Page 31
... held them . And from this original have sprung all the lands , which , being in lay hands , do at present claim to be tithe - free for , if a man can shew his lands to have been such abbey lands , and also immemorially discharged of ...
... held them . And from this original have sprung all the lands , which , being in lay hands , do at present claim to be tithe - free for , if a man can shew his lands to have been such abbey lands , and also immemorially discharged of ...
Page 41
... held of no superior at all ) now they parcelled out their royal territories , or persuaded their subjects to surrender up and retake their own landed property , under the like feodal obligations of military fealty . And thus , in the ...
... held of no superior at all ) now they parcelled out their royal territories , or persuaded their subjects to surrender up and retake their own landed property , under the like feodal obligations of military fealty . And thus , in the ...
Page 41
... held to them and such of their heirs as they previously nominated to the king : and thus by degrees all the allodial estates in France were converted into feuds , and the freemen became the vassals of the crown * . The only difference ...
... held to them and such of their heirs as they previously nominated to the king : and thus by degrees all the allodial estates in France were converted into feuds , and the freemen became the vassals of the crown * . The only difference ...
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... held at the will of the lord , who was then the sole judge whether his vassal perform- ed his services faithfully . Then they became certain for one or more years . Among the antient Germans they continued only from year to year : an ...
... held at the will of the lord , who was then the sole judge whether his vassal perform- ed his services faithfully . Then they became certain for one or more years . Among the antient Germans they continued only from year to year : an ...
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