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... is not peculiar to them ; for in- stance , by the statutes of the founder of Harrow school , the head master ought to vacate his mastership upon marriage , just as in the case of a fellowship . The col- FELLOWSHIP . FELLOWSHIP . [ 13 ]
... is not peculiar to them ; for in- stance , by the statutes of the founder of Harrow school , the head master ought to vacate his mastership upon marriage , just as in the case of a fellowship . The col- FELLOWSHIP . FELLOWSHIP . [ 13 ]
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... marriages as they proposed . of a vassal to his immediate lord was The seignorial prerogative of marriage , usually considered as the higher obliga- like that of wardship , was peculiar to tion ; when that and his fealty to the England ...
... marriages as they proposed . of a vassal to his immediate lord was The seignorial prerogative of marriage , usually considered as the higher obliga- like that of wardship , was peculiar to tion ; when that and his fealty to the England ...
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... marriage , which were nearly peculiar to the do- minions of the English crown , Besides these , there were the payment , called a relief , made by every new entrant upon the possession of the fief , the escheat of the land to the lord ...
... marriage , which were nearly peculiar to the do- minions of the English crown , Besides these , there were the payment , called a relief , made by every new entrant upon the possession of the fief , the escheat of the land to the lord ...
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... marriage , wardship , and of most of the other old feudal preroga- tives of the crown , were for some time still collected by the parliament , as they had formerly been by the king . The fabric of the feudal system in England however ...
... marriage , wardship , and of most of the other old feudal preroga- tives of the crown , were for some time still collected by the parliament , as they had formerly been by the king . The fabric of the feudal system in England however ...
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... marriage and against concubi- nage , the religious and moral denuncia- tions against unwedded intercourse , and afterwards the obligatory celibacy intro- duced among the clergy , and the severe penalties attending its infraction , all ...
... marriage and against concubi- nage , the religious and moral denuncia- tions against unwedded intercourse , and afterwards the obligatory celibacy intro- duced among the clergy , and the severe penalties attending its infraction , all ...
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