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Definition of vavasour

vavasour
Vavasor Vav"a*sor, n. [OE. vavasour, OF. vavassor, vavassour, F. vavasseur, LL. vavassor, probably contr. from vassus vassorum vassal of the vassals. See Vassal.] (Feud. Law) The vassal or tenant of a baron; one who held under a baron, and who also had tenants under him; one in dignity next to a baron; a title of dignity next to a baron. --Burrill. ``A worthy vavasour.' --Chaucer. [Also written vavasour, vavassor, valvasor, etc.] Vavasours subdivide again to vassals, exchanging land and cattle, human or otherwise, against fealty. --Motley.

Meaning of vavasour from wikipedia

- A vavasour (also vavasor; Old French vav****or, vav****our; Modern French vav****eur; Italian valv****ore, varv****ore; Late Latin vav****or) is a term in feudal...
- Vavasour is a term for a feudal v****al or tenant of a baron. Vavasour may also refer to: Vavasour (surname), a list of people so named Vavasour or Vavasor...
- Vavasour is the surname of: Vavasour (family), an English Catholic family dating back to Norman times Anne Vavasour (c. 1560–c. 1650), Maid of Honour...
- The Vavasour family are an English Catholic family whose history dates back to Norman times. There are several branches of the family, some of whom have...
- extant. Vavasour Baronets of Hazlewood (1628) Vavasour Baronets of Killingthorpe (1631): see Sir Charles Vavasour, 1st Baronet (died 1644) Vavasour baronets...
- Thomas Vavasour was a physician. Thomas Vavasour may also refer to: Thomas Vavasour (knight marshal) (1560–1620), MP Thomas Vavasour (died before 1636)...
- le Vavasour, 1st Baron Vavasour (c.1265–1312/3) Walter le Vavasour, 2nd Baron Vavasour (c.1280–1315) Robert le Vavasour, de jure 3rd Baron Vavasour (d...
- Sir William le Vavasour of Hazlewood, (c. 1131 - 29 June 1191) was the 1st Lord of Hazlewood, a prominent judge, a powerful land owner in Yorkshire (Hazlewood...
- Anne Vavasour (c. 1560 – c. 1650) was a maid of honour (1580–81) to Queen Elizabeth I of England, a member of the Vavasour family and the mistress of...
- Thomas Vavasour (born about 1536–7 – died at Kingston upon Hull, 2 May 1585) was an English Roman Catholic physician, and pensioner of St John's College...