 | William Russell - Europe - 1802 - 550 pages
...situation to defend themselves and the realm. Every person possessed of a single knight's fee, was ordered to have a coat of mail, a helmet, a shield, and a lance : and the same accoutrements were required to be provided by every one, whether nobleman or gentleman,... | |
 | John Galt - Cardinals - 1812 - 538 pages
...degrees of power. By the 27th of Henry II. it was enacted, that whoever holds one knight's fee shall have a coat of mail, a helmet, a shield, and a lance ; and every lay landholder (mark the exemption of ecclesiastical landholders) as many coats of mail,... | |
 | John Bigland - Great Britain - 1815 - 516 pages
...Every one who held a knight's fce, and every frce layman possessing goods or rents to a certain amount, was to have a coat of mail, a helmet, a shield, and a lance : every frce layman, whose goods or rent was of a less value, was to have an iron cap, a gorget, and a lance... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1819 - 402 pages
...defending themselves and the realm. Every man possessed of a knight's fee was ordained to have for each fee a coat of mail, a helmet, a shield, and a lance; every free layman, possessed of goods to the value of sixteen marks, was to be armed in like manner; every... | |
 | William Russell - Europe - 1822 - 446 pages
...ot a single knight s 19 Gerras. Chron.— K. Dictt, 20 Benedict. Abu. 21 Hoveri. Anna'. fee should have a coat of mail, a helmet, a shield, and a lance: and that the same accoutrements should he provided by even one, for whatever number of knight's fees... | |
 | Jehoshaphat Aspin - England - 1825 - 330 pages
...shield j every freeman, possessed of goods and chattels to the value of sixteen marks, was obliged to have a coat of mail, a helmet, a shield, and a...every freeman, possessed of the value of ten marks, was obliged to have an halbergellum,* an iron cap, and a lance: and every burgess was to be provided... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett - England - 1825 - 480 pages
...defending themselves and the realm. Every man possessed of a knight's fee was ordained to have for each fee a coat of mail, a helmet, a shield, and a lance; every free layman, possessed of goods to the value of sixteen marks, was to be armed in like manner ; every... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - Scotland - 1828 - 530 pages
...freeman who possessed goods and chattels to the value of sixteen merks, was in like manner ordained to have a coat of mail, a helmet, a shield, and a...lance ; every freeman possessed of the value of ten merks, to have a haubergeon, an iron cap, and a lance ; and lastly, every burgess and freeman whatsoever,... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - Great Britain - 1828 - 468 pages
...defending themselves and the realm. Every man possessed of aknight's fee was ordained to have for each fee a coat of mail, a helmet, a shield, and a lance ; every free layman possessed of goods to the value of sixteen marks, was to be armed in like manner ; every... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - Scotland - 1829 - 530 pages
...freeman who possessed goods and chattels to the value of sixteen merks, was in like manner ordained to have a coat of mail, a helmet, a shield, and a...lance ; every freeman possessed of the value of ten merks, to have a haubergeon, an iron cap, and a lance ; and lastly, every burgess and freeman whatsoever,... | |
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Every man possessed of a knight's fee was ordained to have for each fee a coat of mail, a helmet, a shield, and a lance... 
