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In medieval and
early modern Europe, a
tenant-
in-
chief (or v****al-
in-
chief) was a
person who held his
lands under various forms of
feudal land
tenure directly...
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royal residence of King
William the Conqueror, and was a
tenant-
in-
chief of that king of 21
manors in the
counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Hampshire...
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overlord in the
English feudal system was a lord of a
manor who had
subinfeudated a
particular manor,
estate or fee, to a
tenant. The
tenant thenceforth...
- Look up
tenant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Tenant may
refer to:
Tenant, the
holder of a
leasehold estate in real
estate Tenant-
in-
chief,
in feudal...
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receive chief rents from
certain farms". A
mesne lord did not hold land
directly of the king, that is to say he was not a
tenant-
in-
chief. His subinfeudated...
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within scope.
Historically a lord of the
manor could either be a
tenant-
in-
chief if he held a
capital manor directly from the Crown, or a
mesne lord...
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situation where the
tenant of a fee (or "fief") died
without an heir or
committed a felony.
In the case of such
demise of a
tenant-
in-
chief, the fee reverted...
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Domesday survey found Ernulf a
tenant-
in-
chief in ten
counties and lord of
other estates under other great tenants-
in-
chief. However,
there is no direct...
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Domesday Book has nine
entries for Meldreth: ❧
ENTRY 1 ❧
Tenant-
in-
chief and Lord
in 1086: Guy of Raimbeaucourt. Households: 15 smallholders. 1 slave...
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mediate tenants, valv****ores minores.
Gradually the term
without qualification was
found convenient for
describing sub-v****als,
tenants-
in-
chief being called...
