The History of Land Holding in England

aboriginal alienation allodium altered Anglo-Saxon annum army arose barons Cæsar cattle ceorl charter claimed Conqueror conquest Crown Earl Edward III Edward the Confessor Elizabeth enacts eviction existing farms fealty feudal Folc-gemot Folc-land former freehold freemen gave give grain grant heir held Hellesdon Henry VIII hold homage House of Hanover houses husbandry increase invasion king king's kingdom knight's service labor landlord lands of England latter laws of Edward legislation liber homo Liberi Homines lord Martin Wright meat million acres monarch nation nobles Norman Norman Conquest oath occupied owner Parliament passed Paston pasture penalty persons Plantagenets poor population possession of land produce quod realm reign rent Richard II Roman legions Romans Saxons seized serfdom serfs sheep Sir Martin Wright socage soil sovereign statute system of landholding tenant tenants-in-fee tenures thane throne tillage tion Tudor vassals villeins William