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tenant of all was the freeholder, or, as he was
sometimes termed,
tenant paravail. The Crown, who in
theory owned all lands, was lord paramount. The great...
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terminology was used for the v****als of
mesne lords, who were
considered "
paravail" from par a val ("in the valley"). This
latter term, however, was confused...
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worked the land (called the
tenants in
demesne and also the
tenant paravail). In the
middle were the
lords who had no
direct relationship with the...
- A was both
tenant and lord, or a
mesne lord, and B was
called "tenant
paravail", or the
lowest tenant. Out of the
feudal tenures or
holdings sprung certain...
