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139._o tylney_n 138._o tylney-smeeth_a ibid._n five_o vacation_n what_o 72._o a_o particular_a vacation_n appoint_v by_o the_o longobard_n 84._o valvasini_n 58._o valvasor_n 16_o 17_o 58._o vassalagium_fw-la what_o 34._o vassalli_n 3_o 9_o venatio_n clamosa_fw-la quieta_fw-la aut_fw-la modesta_fw-la 109_o 114._o villanus_fw-la what_o it_o signify_v in_o latin_n 14._o w_n de_fw-fr waceio_n radulphus_fw-la princeps_fw-la militiae_fw-la normannorum_fw-la 165._o wallington_n 14â—_n walpole_n 138._o walsham_n 153._o walsingham_n 149._o walsoke_v 138._o walter_n archdeacon_n of_o oxenford_n 100_o walter_n bishop_n of_o durham_n buy_v northumberland_n 116._o sit_v himself_o in_o the_o county_n court_n ibid._n by_o who_o kill_v ibid._n walter_n marshal_n of_o england_n the_o four_o son_n of_o william_n the_o king_n marshal_n 166._o when_o he_o die_v ibid._n walton_n 138._o walworth_n sir_n will_n lord_n mayor_n of_o london_n 168._o wapentake_v 50._o watton_n 161._o waxham_n 153._o wardship_n no_o profit_n arise_v from_o it_o in_o the_o saxon_n time_n 25._o the_o original_n of_o its_o name_n ibid._n wardship_n in_o scotland_n 27._o warenna_n guil._n de_fw-la 19â—_n be_v or_o weregild_n what_o 15._o westacre_n 141._o west_n saxon-law_n 49._o wic_n what_o it_o signify_v in_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n 156._o wichingham_n 151._o wigenhall_n 138._o william_n the_o conqueror_n transfer_v his_o country_n custom_n into_o ireland_n 5._o make_v feud_n and_o tenor_n hereditary_a there_o ibid._n privilege_n grant_v by_o he_o to_o the_o cinque-port_n 26._o give_v certain_a land_n to_o baldwin_n abbot_n of_o st._n edmund_n sbury_a 45._o his_o law_n make_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o baron_n 61._o his_o constitution_n concern_v festival_n and_o law_n day_n 8â—_n make_v a_o law_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o any_o crime_n 82._o law_n of_o scotland_n reg._n maj._n 131_o law_n saxon_n in_o the_o king_n library_n ms._n 17._o lind._o cland._n despons_n 80._o littleton_n justice_n 6._o his_o tenor_n 35._o longobard-law_n 89_o 131._o loyseau_fw-fr de_fw-fr signior_n 13_o 92._o ludovici_n pii_fw-la exauctoratio_fw-la 185._o vita_fw-la 185._o lyndwood_n 109._o m_o major_a joh._n 27._o a_o ancient_a manuscript_n of_o saxon_a law_n in_o the_o king_n library_n 17._o marculphus_n 9_o 128_o 129._o matthew_n paris_z 11_o 62_o 71_o 116_o 118_o 12â—_n 138_o 151_o 152_o 166_o 167._o merula_n 5._o n_o neapolitan_n and_o sicilian_a constitution_n 10_o 80._o norman_a custom_n 30_o 80._o novella_n of_o constantine_n porphyrogenneta_n 36._o o_o osbertus_n 99_o oswald_z bishop_n of_o worcester_z 4_o p_o pancirollus_n 148_o 154_o pasquier_n 13._o paulus_n diaconus_fw-la 84._o pausanias_n 3._o philo_z judaeus_n 75._o placita_fw-la coronae_fw-la 60._o de_fw-fr platea_n joh._n 64._o plinius_n 138._o polydorus_n virgilius_n 62_o 71._o prosper_n 93._o r_o radevicus_n de_fw-fr gest_n frid._n i._n 82._o radulphus_fw-la niger_n 90_o 117._o ramsey-abbey_n ms_n 29_o 53_o 128_o 139_o 140_o 146._o rastal_n 86._o s_o selden_n 26._o sigonius_n 127._o skeneus_fw-la 28._o smith_n sir_n tho._n 6_o 75._o soto_n 109_o 112._o spelman_n glossary_a 1_o 3_o 12_o 15_o codex_fw-la legum_fw-la 96._o spelmans_fw-mi concilia_fw-la britannica_fw-la 8_o 17_o 18_o 23._o sprott_n a_o monk_n of_o canterbury_n 45._o statius_n 84._o stow._n 147_o 154_o 168_o 186_o 213._o suarez_n 109._o suecus_fw-la gravius_n 3._o synod_n of_o eanham_n 78._o t_o tabienus_n 90_o 91._o tacitus_n 3_o 4_o 15_o 35_o 51_o 59_o 74_o 127_o 149._o v_o vegetius_n 147._o vincent_n 168_o 169._o virgilius_n 93._o w_n walsingham_n hypodigma_fw-la neustriae_fw-la 82_o 92_o 151_o 167._o waraeus_n 140._o k._n william_n i_n law_n 82_o 84._o william_n of_o malmsbury_n 119_o 145._o y_z york_z herald_z 168_o 169._o finis_fw-la finis_fw-la pag._n 188._o 188._o pag._n 208._o 208._o pag._n 212._o durham-house_n birth_n birth_n praef._n ad_fw-la gloss_n edit_fw-la 1687_o by_o j._n a._n education_n education_n praef._n ad_fw-la gloss_n gloss_n letter_n against_o impropriation_n print_v among_o the_o treatise_n publish_v by_o jer._n stephens_n 1647._o 4tâ—_n send_v to_o lincoln_n inn._n marriage_n marriage_n 2_o jac._n 1_o employment_n employment_n hacket_n life_n of_o bishop_n williams_n part_v 2._o pag_n 93._o knight_v come_v to_o live_v in_o london_n london_n pref._n to_o the_o gloss_n study_v of_o our_o ancient_a historian_n historian_n law-term_n chap._n 8_o in_o ms._n oxon_n glossary_a glossary_a praef._n ad_fw-la gloss_n gloss_n brady_n answ_n to_o mr._n petit_n pag._n 229._o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o glossary_a glossary_a mr._n petit_n jani_fw-la anglorum_fw-la facies_fw-la nova_fw-la p._n 219._o &_o 265._o and_o the_o answer_n to_o it_o by_o dr._n brady_n pag._n 229._o 229._o brady_n pag._n 229._o council_n council_n praef._n ad_fw-la council_n vol._n i._n 〈…〉_z council_n council_n 〈…〉_z council_n the_o second_o volume_n of_o the_o council_n council_n life_n of_o mr._n somner_n somner_n mr._n nicolsons_n english_a library_n part_v 2._o pag._n 43._o 43._o 〈…〉_z asâ—mol_n oxon_n 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z pag_n â—24_n large_a work_n of_o tithe_n the_o history_n and_o fate_n of_o sacrilege_n ms_n ms_n ath._n oxon_n p._n 230._o part_n 2._o codex_fw-la legum_n veterum_fw-la ms._n de_fw-fr sepultura_fw-la aspilogia_n book_n of_o abbreviation_n 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z pref._n to_o that_o book_n 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z dedicat._n ad_fw-la tho._n adamsium_fw-la ante_fw-la bedam_fw-la acquaintance_n child_n child_n praef._n ad_fw-la council_n t._n 1._o 2_o camd._n ep._n 226._o 〈◊〉_d spelman_n clement_n spelman_n spelman_n wood_n at_o h_o oxon._n p._n 511._o part_n 2._o 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z definition_n of_o a_o 〈◊〉_d thâ—_n 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z cujac_n in_o praefat_fw-la ad_fw-la lib._n 1._o feud_n p._n 10._o &_o seq_n seq_n cujac_n ad_fw-la lib._n 3._o feud_n do_fw-mi 1._o p._n 178._o instance_n of_o feud_n among_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o chron._n â—hap_n 23_o &_o 2d_o 2d_o ibid._n cap._n 23._o 23._o cap._n 27._o 27._o num._n 21._o 14._o 1_o king_n 13._o 17._o 17._o lib._n de_fw-fr phocid_n p._n 118._o among_o the_o gaul_n gaul_n bell._n gall._n lib._n 6._o p._n 118._o ambactâ—_n ambactâ—_n bell._n gall._n p._n 184._o 184._o ibid._n p._n 124._o 124._o genes_n 14._o 14._o 14._o germ._n mor._n p._n 129._o 129._o cujac_n ad_fw-la constit_fw-la lotharii_fw-la feud_n lib._n 5._o p._n 284._o 284._o bell._n gall._n lib._n 6._o p._n 120._o 120._o germ._n mor._n mor._n bell._n gall._n p._n 121._o 121._o in_o epist_n ad_fw-la bon._n vulcan_n vid._n bellagines_n in_o glossario_fw-la nostro_fw-la nostro_fw-la cujac_n in_o prâ—â—_n aâ—_n lib._n p._n 1._o 1._o cujac_n ad_fw-la liâ—_n 1._o feud_n p._n 21._o 21._o with_fw-mi infra_fw-la chap._n â—6_n tenuâ—eâ—â—â—r_fw-mi liâ—e_z how_o feud_n become_v hereditary_a feud_n hereditary_a in_o england_n england_n comment_fw-fr in_o consuet_n fâ—â—d_n cap._n 1._o 1._o rex_fw-la mediolan_n lib._n 3._o 3._o gunt_fw-la p._n 409._o 409._o aâ—_n lib._n 1._o feud_n tit._n 1._o p._n 21._o the_o great_a growth_n of_o 〈◊〉_d â—s_n to_o title_n title_n cujac_n feud_n lib._n 3._o p._n 180._o 180._o ibid._n ibid._n lib._n 1._o p._n 7._o 7._o feud_n lib._n 1._o p._n 5._o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 3._o â—_o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 437._o no_o proper_a feud_n before_o the_o conquest_n what_o tenor_n be_v in_o use_n among_o the_o saxon_n tenor_n when_o first_o use_v translation_n of_o saxon_a charter_n no_o feodal_n word_n among_o the_o saxon_n the_o charter_n of_o beorredus_n examine_v examine_v hist_o lib._n 2._o c._n 5._o saxon_a charter_n in_o the_o saxon_a tonguâ—_n tonguâ—_n council_n brit._n p._n 378._o 378._o in_o praesatione_fw-la illius_fw-la libri_fw-la feudum_n not_o in_o use_n in_o beorredus_n day_n day_n chap._n 20._o &_o 21._o 21._o ad_fw-la marculâ—_n p._n 470._o 470._o p._n 550._o 550._o prooem_n ad_fw-la lib._n feud_n p._n 7._o feuda_n and_o beneficia_fw-la beneficia_fw-la lib._n 1._o tit._n 65._o etc._n etc._n etc._n lib._n 3._o tit._n 21._o etc._n etc._n etc._n norm_a reform_v p._n 4._o 4._o in_o gul._n rege_fw-la no_o tenor_n in_o capite_fw-la among_o the_o saxon_n tenure_n in_o capite_fw-la of_o two_o sort_n sort_n lib._n ramsey_n f._n 42._o d._n §._o 279._o 279._o pap._n 157._o distinction_n of_o person_n among_o the_o saxon_n land_n among_o the_o saxon_n bocland_n bocland_n vid._n gloss_n in_o verb._n foresta_n folcland_n inland_a inland_a ing._n sax._n p._n 864._o outland_n outland_n praef._n ad_fw-la libr._n fend_v p._n 12._o 12._o itinerar_fw-it cant._n p._n 495._o earl_n no_o title_n of_o dignity_n ancient_o ancient_o asser_n de_fw-fr gest_n alfredi_n p._n 21._o 21._o ibid._n no_o earldom_n hereditary_a earldom_n in_o france_n france_n loyseau_fw-fr â—e_n seignier_n c._n 5._o p._n 106._o lin_v â—lt_n ceorl_n ceorl_n cap._n 70._o ceorl_n ceorl_n p._n 116._o 116._o de_fw-fr mor._n germ._n p._n 132._o 132._o cap._n 65._o 65._o fol._n 55._o c._n c._n cap._n de_fw-fr weregild_n weregild_n ll._n aethelst_n ibid._n earl_n capable_a of_o knight's-fee_n thane_n what_o thâ—_n quality_n of_o thanes_z thanes_z hist_o seâ—â—_n lib._n 6._o 6._o itâ—n_n cant._n p._n 502._o 502._o cap._n de_fw-fr dignitate_fw-la hominum_fw-la f._n 163._o
therefore_o and_o true_o be_v it_o say_v by_o the_o ever_o honour_a justice_n littleton_n that_o feodum_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la haereditas_fw-la and_o the_o captious_a criticism_n of_o sir_n thomas_n smith_n dr._n of_o the_o civil_a law_n in_o deny_v it_o be_v to_o his_o own_o reproach_n for_o his_o great_a master_n cujacius_n as_o before_o appear_v support_v littleton_n and_o his_o fellow_n civilian_n do_v tell_v he_o quoth_v in_o feudis_fw-la particularis_fw-la &_o localis_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la attendenda_fw-la est_fw-la and_o littleton_n receive_v it_o as_o use_v in_o this_o signification_n from_o the_o elder_a writer_n of_o our_o law_n of_o the_o like_a indiscretion_n be_v that_o of_o dr._n cowell_n who_o carp_v at_o this_o ancient_a phrase_n use_v in_o the_o formulis_fw-la of_o our_o plead_n where_o it_o be_v ordinary_o say_v rex_fw-la seisitus_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_o dominico_n svo_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la feodo_fw-la as_o though_o de_fw-fr feodo_fw-la be_v there_o to_o be_v understand_v according_a to_o the_o court_n of_o milan_n for_o praedium_fw-la militare_fw-la superiori_fw-la domino_fw-la &_o servitiis_fw-la obnoxium_fw-la not_o by_o the_o law_n of_o england_n pro_fw-la directo_fw-la dominio_fw-la vel_fw-la haereditate_fw-la pura_fw-la &_o absoluta_fw-la conquest_n to_o conclude_v therefore_o it_o appear_v by_o this_o passage_n of_o justice_n littleton_n join_v to_o that_o we_o have_v former_o deliver_v that_o our_o law_n take_v no_o notice_n of_o feud_n till_o they_o be_v become_v hereditary_a with_o we_o which_o be_v since_o the_o conquest_n as_o we_o have_v already_o show_v and_o shall_v prove_v abundant_o hereafter_o overthrow_v all_o the_o argument_n in_o the_o report_n produce_v for_o prove_v our_o feodal_n rite_n of_o tenure_n wardship_n marriage_n relief_n etc._n etc._n to_o have_v be_v in_o use_n among_o the_o saxon_n for_o till_o they_o be_v hereditary_a these_o appendance_n can_v not_o belong_v to_o they_o it_o be_v also_o very_o improbable_a that_o feud_n be_v make_v hereditary_a here_o in_o england_n before_o other_o country_n or_o that_o the_o more_o civil_a nation_n of_o europe_n shall_v take_v example_n herein_o from_o our_o rude_a if_o not_o illiterate_a saxon_n chap._n iii_o that_o none_o of_o our_o feodal_n word_n nor_o word_n of_o tenure_n be_v find_v in_o any_o law_n or_o ancient_a charter_n of_o the_o saxon_n saxon_n it_o appear_v by_o that_o which_o have_v be_v say_v that_o our_o modern_a kind_n of_o feud_n can_v not_o be_v in_o use_n among_o our_o english_a saxon_n and_o it_o will_v now_o be_v a_o question_n whether_o any_o of_o our_o modern_a tenor_n or_o which_o of_o they_o be_v then_o in_o use_n or_o not_o the_o report_n say_v it_o be_v most_o manifest_a that_o capite-tenure_n tenor_n by_o knight-service_n tenure_n in_o socage_n frankalmoign_a etc._n etc._n be_v frequent_a in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o saxon_n i_o desire_v that_o without_o offence_n i_o may_v examine_v this_o that_o be_v so_o manifest_a and_o so_o frequent_a i_o confess_v there_o be_v many_o specious_a show_n of_o knight-service_n and_o socage_n among_o our_o saxon_a ancestor_n but_o whether_o by_o way_n of_o tenure_n contract_n or_o de_fw-fr more_fw-mi gentium_fw-la must_v be_v well_o examine_v for_o the_o roman_n and_o other_o nation_n have_v former_o as_o great_a command_n over_o their_o follower_n and_o such_o as_o dwell_v upon_o their_o land_n as_o our_o saxon_n have_v yet_o be_v it_o without_o any_o rule_n or_o speech_n of_o tenure_n use_v the_o word_n tenura_n be_v neither_o know_v nor_o find_v in_o any_o latin_a author_n of_o antiquity_n nor_o any_o conjugate_v thereof_o as_o tenentes_fw-la tenementa_fw-la tenere_fw-la or_o tenendum_fw-la in_o a_o feodal_a sense_n the_o first_o place_n where_o i_o meet_v with_o tenere_fw-la in_o that_o manner_n be_v among_o the_o salique_n and_o german_n in_o the_o constitution_n before_o mention_v of_o conradus_n the_o emperor_n about_o the_o year_n 915_o when_o beneficia_fw-la which_o we_o now_o call_v feud_n be_v first_o continue_v to_o some_o of_o the_o son_n and_o grandchild_n of_o the_o male_a line_n of_o they_o that_o then_o enjoy_v they_o but_o i_o find_v not_o one_o of_o those_o word_n or_o any_o consignificant_a or_o equivalent_a to_o they_o in_o all_o our_o saxon-law_n the_o word_n feodum_fw-la feud_n or_o fee_n itself_o be_v never_o mention_v in_o they_o nor_o be_v there_o any_o sound_n of_o tenure_n in_o capite_fw-la tenure_n by_o knight-service_n tenure_n in_o socage_n frankalmoign_a etc._n etc._n either_o in_o our_o saxon_a law_n or_o in_o the_o law_n of_o any_o other_o nation_n that_o i_o can_v find_v till_o the_o time_n that_o feud_n begin_v to_o be_v perpetual_a or_o hereditary_a as_o before_o be_v mention_v it_o be_v true_a that_o in_o some_o latin_a charter_n of_o the_o saxon_a time_n we_o now_o and_o then_o find_v the_o word_n tenere_fw-la tenementum_fw-la and_o tenendum_fw-la and_o in_o a_o charter_n of_o beorredus_n king_n of_o the_o mercian_n date_v anno_fw-la 868._o the_o word_n de_fw-fr eodem_fw-la seodo_fw-la as_o though_o lordship_n at_o that_o time_n have_v be_v distribute_v into_o feud_n which_o be_v report_v by_o ingulfus_n charter_n a_o saxon_a give_v great_a probability_n that_o feud_n be_v then_o in_o use_n but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o these_o charter_n be_v as_o i_o say_v in_o latin_n and_o not_o in_o saxon_a and_o therefore_o not_o likely_a to_o be_v the_o very_a original_n but_o translation_n of_o they_o make_v after_o the_o conquest_n for_o the_o instruction_n of_o the_o norman_n either_o by_o ingulf_n himself_o or_o some_o other_o expert_a in_o the_o norman_a language_n law_n and_o custom_n who_o apply_v himself_o to_o the_o understanding_n of_o the_o norman_n use_v norman_a word_n and_o such_o interpretation_n as_o they_o be_v best_a acquaint_v with_o though_o differ_v from_o the_o propriety_n of_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n and_o so_o perhaps_o translate_v de_fw-la 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the_o meaning_n of_o the_o phrase_n yet_o we_o use_v it_o even_o to_o this_o day_n commend_v i_o unto_o such_o a_o man_n which_o import_v as_o much_o as_o our_o new_a compliment_n take_v up_o from_o beyond_o the_o sea_n let_v he_o know_v that_o i_o be_o his_o servant_n see_v the_o quotation_n here_o annex_v and_o note_n that_o though_o the_o saxon_n do_v as_o we_o at_o this_o day_n call_v their_o servant_n and_o follower_n homines_fw-la suos_fw-la their_o man_n yet_o we_o no_o where_o find_v the_o word_n tenure_n or_o the_o ceremony_n of_o homage_n among_o they_o nor_o any_o speech_n of_o do_v or_o of_o respiting_a homage_n chap._n xxi_o what_o manner_n of_o fealty_n among_o the_o saxon_n fealty_n so_o for_o fealty_n if_o we_o shall_v apply_v every_o oath_n swear_v by_o servant_n and_o vassal_n for_o fidelity_n to_o their_o lord_n to_o belong_v unto_o fealty_n we_o may_v bring_v it_o from_o that_o which_o abraham_n impose_v upon_o his_o servant_n put_v thy_o hand_n under_o my_o thigh_n 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a_o ancient_a law_n in_o the_o novella_n of_o constantine_n porphyrogenita_n emperor_n of_o greece_n in_o the_o year_n 780._o that_o give_v a_o specimen_fw-la of_o it_o though_o not_o the_o name_n 7._o quaedam_fw-la esse_fw-la praedia_fw-la militaria_fw-la quibus_fw-la cohaereat_fw-la onus_fw-la militiae_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la possessorem_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la militiam_fw-la comparare_fw-la domino_fw-la indicante_fw-la delectum_fw-la vel_fw-la si_fw-la nolit_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la delectum_fw-la exhibere_fw-la certam_fw-la eo_fw-la nomine_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la fisco_fw-la dependere_fw-la quae_fw-la feudorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la lex_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o tell_v we_o that_o there_o be_v certain_a land_n to_o which_o the_o burden_n of_o warfare_n be_v so_o adherent_a that_o every_o owner_n of_o they_o be_v tie_v upon_o summons_n make_v by_o his_o lord_n to_o make_v his_o appearance_n therein_o or_o else_o to_o pay_v certain_a money_n by_o way_n
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