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... tenure ; viz . that all lands in the kingdom are holden , Inediately or immediately , of the king ... 48–537 . CHAPTER V. 58 OF THE ANCIENT ENGLISH Tenures . .61 to 77 1. The distinction of tenures consisted in the nature of their ...
... tenure ; viz . that all lands in the kingdom are holden , Inediately or immediately , of the king ... 48–537 . CHAPTER V. 58 OF THE ANCIENT ENGLISH Tenures . .61 to 77 1. The distinction of tenures consisted in the nature of their ...
Page 450
... tenure , or free socage , consisted also of free and honourable services ; but such as were liquidated and reduced to an absolute certainty . And this tenure not * 79 ] only subsists to * this day , but has in a manner absorbed and ...
... tenure , or free socage , consisted also of free and honourable services ; but such as were liquidated and reduced to an absolute certainty . And this tenure not * 79 ] only subsists to * this day , but has in a manner absorbed and ...
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... tenure for the more honourable , as it was called , but , at the same time , more burthensome , tenure of knight - service . This is peculiarly remarkable in the tenure which prevails in Kent , called gavelkind , which is generally ...
... tenure for the more honourable , as it was called , but , at the same time , more burthensome , tenure of knight - service . This is peculiarly remarkable in the tenure which prevails in Kent , called gavelkind , which is generally ...
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