These villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors were either villeins regardant, that is, annexed to the manor or land: or else they were in gross, or at large, that is, annexed to the person of the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner... The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art ... - Page 396edited by Full view - About this book
| Henry John Stephen - English law - 1841 - 626 pages
...ancestors, esteeming war the only honourable employment of mankind. These villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins regardant, that...the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner to another(a). They could land, Com. Dig. Honour, where they (») Wright's Tenures, 217. are enumerated.... | |
| Alfred Caswall - Bailiffs - 1841 - 272 pages
...copyholders in former days was not enviable; they were styled villeins,* who, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins regardant, —...the manor or land; or else they were in gross, or at large,—that is, annexed to the person of the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner to another.... | |
| Thomas Quarles - Foulsham (England) - 1842 - 198 pages
...other high authorities, villains were either regardant, annexed to the manor or land ; or, in ffross, annexed to the person of the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner to another. These last held some portion of land by way of sustaining themselves and their families ; but it was... | |
| 1842 - 630 pages
...intermediate between freemen and the class described in English law-langunge as villains in gross, who were annexed to the person of the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner to another. 'There was, however, this difference between the condition of the Roman colomts and that of the feudal... | |
| Arts - 1842 - 628 pages
...intermediate between freemen and the class described in English law-language as villains in gross, who were annexed to the person of the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner to another. 'There was, however, this difference between the condition of the Roman colonni and that of the feudal... | |
| George May (of Evesham, Eng.) - Evesham (England) - 1845 - 556 pages
...following passage. " Villeins belonged principally to manorial lords, being either annexed to the soil or to the person of the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner to another. They held small portions of land, by way of sustaining their families, but it was at the mere will of the... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1846 - 582 pages
...Servi and Villani. Blackstonc expresses himself inaccurately when he says the villein in gross was annexed to the person of the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner to another. 15y this appropriated in our legal language to property held absolutely, and without reference to any... | |
| 1848 - 544 pages
...thus describes the condition of these slaves (2 Comm., p. 93) : " Villeins belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins regardant, that...large, that is, annexed to the person of the lord, and transmissible by deed from one owner to another. They could not leave their lord without his permission... | |
| Daniel Gurney - 1848 - 528 pages
...under the Saxons, were either regardant, ie annexed to the manor or land, or in gross or at large, ie annexed to the person of the lord, and transferable by deed from one lord to another. Lands held in villenage were called folk-land, and the services due to the lord from... | |
| How - 1849 - 96 pages
...rustic works of the most sordid kind. They were either regardant, annexed to the manor or land ; or else were in gross, or at large, that is, annexed to the person of the lord, and transferrible by deed. — Litt. $ 181. If they ran away or were purloined, they might be claimed and... | |
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