 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
 | David Mitchell Aird - Law - 1873 - 366 pages
...of pasture to the lord and his tenants. them all. The tenants or villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins regardant; that is, annexed to the manor or the land; or else, they were in gross, or at large; that is, annexed to the person of the lord, and... | |
 | Archibald Brown - Law - 1874 - 510 pages
...from which they were removeahle at tho lord's pleasure. Tlie.su villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins regardant, that...is, annexed to the manor or land, or else they were villeins in gross, or at large, that is, annexed to the person of the lord, aud transferable by deed... | |
 | Archibald Brown - Law - 1874 - 466 pages
...i'rom which they were removeable i\t the lord's pleasure. These villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins regardant, that is, annexed to the manor or land, or else thc'y were villeins in gross, or nt large, that is, annexed to the person of the lord, and transferable... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1875 - 860 pages
...employment of mankind. *931 *These villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either J villeins regardant, that is, annexed to the manor...the lord and transferable by deed from one owner to another.(o) They could not leave their lord without his permission, but if they ran away, or were purloined... | |
 | William Harnett Blanch - Camberwell (London, England) - 1875 - 792 pages
...either villeins ггуипкчи, that is, annexed to the inuu»r or land ; or else they were in (/row*, or at large, that is, annexed to the person of the lord, and transferable by deed from ouu owner to another. They could not leave their lord without hi» permission ; but if they ran away,... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1875 - 754 pages
...Servi and Villani. Blackstone expresses himself inacc'.ratcly when he says the villein in gross was annexed to the person of the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner to another. By this means indeed a villein regardant wou/J become a villein in gross, but all villeins were alike... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1876 - 782 pages
...Delacherois, 11 HL 62.] *These villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either r*qqi villeins regardant, that is, annexed to the manor or land : or else they I •" were in gross, or at large, that is, annexed to the person of the lord and transferable by deed... | |
 | William Harnett Blanch - Camberwell (London, England) - 1877 - 788 pages
...ITou. t "These villeins, belonging principally to Lords of Manors, were either villeins />j/<í;vtt«/, that is, annexed to the manor or land ; or else they were in (/row, or at large, that is, annexed to the рсгкоп of the lord, and transferable by deed fn>m... | |
 | Royal Society of Canada - Humanities - 1898 - 914 pages
...tells us, a villa, 'because they lived chiefly in villages. These Villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins regardant, that...large, that is annexed to the person of the lord, and transferrable by deed from one owner to another." " These villeins were originally captives at the... | |
 | Samuel Tymms, Charles Harold Evelyn-White - Cambridgeshire (England) - 1886 - 472 pages
...large), who were the lowest, but by no means a numerous class, were, according to the best authorities, annexed to the person of the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner to another. That the lord therefore cfluld, and sometimes did, alienate his villeins, apart from the land, is undoubtedly... | |
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