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Feudal titles and status
Lord paramount / Territorial lord
Tenant-in-chief
Mesne lord
Lord of the manor / Overlord / Vogt / Liege lord
Esquire / Gentleman / Landed gentry
Franklin / Yeoman / Retinue / Vavasour
Husbandman
Free tenant
Domestic servant
Vagabond
Serf / Villein / Bordar / Cottar
Slave
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Anglo-Saxon status
Cyning (sovereign)
Ætheling (prince)
Ealdorman (Earl)
Hold / High-reeve
Thegn
Thingmen / housecarl (retainer)
Reeve / Verderer (bailiff)
Churl (free tenant)
Villein (serf)
Cottar (cottager)
Þēow (slave)
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A villein is a class of serf tied to the land under the feudal system. As part of the contract with the lord of the manor, they were expected to spend some of their time working on the lord's fields in return for land. Villeins existed under a number of legal restrictions that differentiated them from freemen, and could not leave without his lord's permission. Generally, villeins held their status not by birth but by the land they held, and it was also possible for them to gain manumission from their lords. The villeinage system largely died out in England in 1500, with some forms of villeinage being in use in France until 1789.
A villein is a class of serf tied to the land under the feudal system. As part of the contract with the lord of the manor, they were expected to spend...
used for the benefit of his household and dependents; Dependent (serf or villein) holdings carrying the obligation that the peasant household supply the...
needed] In medieval England, two types of villeins existed – villeins regardant that were tied to land and villeins in gross that could be traded separately...
Socage (/ˈsɒkɪdʒ/) was one of the feudal duties and land tenure forms in the English feudal system. It eventually evolved into the freehold tenure called...
Furthermore, these villein tenancies were remarkably uniform in terms of size. Barring extreme cases, it is estimated that around 95% of all villein estates were...
to their manorial lord. They were subject to fewer laws and ties than villeins. The term may also refer to the free peasants of the Kingdom of France...
Late Antiquity, in Italy or Gaul.[page needed] Vilain later shifted to villein, which referred to a person of a less than knightly status, implying a...
following Whitsunday, was one of three holiday weeks for the medieval villein; on most manors he was free from service on the lord's demesne this week...
the Mongol term for a tribal leader acknowledging another as his liege Villein, a serf, or low-born worker under feudalism The Tours formulary, which...
Filstingpound or fulstingpound was an occasional duty paid by villeins in medieval England to the manor. It is thought by historians to be an insurance...
could imply "rustic" as well as "robber", as the English term villain/villein. In 21st-century English, the word "peasant" can mean "an ignorant, rude...
Profit in gross as opposed to profit appurtenant Villein in gross (tied to the lord) as opposed to villein regardant (tied to the manor) All pages with titles...
citizens and burgesses, and franklins, and the unfree peasantry including villeins and serfs. Even as late as 1400, the word gentleman still only had the...
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