 | Henry Alworth Merewether - 1835 - 910 pages
...general doctrine as to the right of freedom and burgess-ship:—if a villain had resided without claim for a year and a day in a privileged town or borough, without a claim from his lord, he was thereby free; but if he had any children before he so became... | |
 | Henry Alworth Merewether, Archibald John Stephens - Boroughs - 1835 - 940 pages
...general doctrine as to the right of freedom and burgess-ship : — if a villain had resided without claim for a year and a day in a privileged town or borough, without a claim from his lord, he was thereby free ; but if he had any children before he so became... | |
 | Great Britain - 1852 - 174 pages
...under him, he was a servant for life, receiving as wages enough of land to support himself and family. If he left his lord he could be recovered as a stray,...a year and a day in a privileged town or borough, in which case he obtained his freedom. He could accumulate no property, everything he possessed being... | |
 | Jeremiah William Summers - Durham (England : County) - 1858 - 600 pages
...under him, he was a servant for life, receiving as wages enough of land to support himself and family. If he left his lord, he could be recovered as a stray,...a year and a day in a privileged town or borough, in which case he obtained his freedom. He could accumulate no property, everything he possessed being... | |
 | John Wallace (of Blyth.) - 1869 - 276 pages
...cot-men, bondservants, and farmers. After the Conquest there were three classes of slaves: 1st, Yillans in gross, who were the personal property of their...the liberty. If a freeman married a female villan, ncifc, as she was called, their children were free ; but if a freewoman married a villan, their children... | |
 | Matthew Richley - Bishop Auckland (England) - 1872 - 226 pages
...enough of land to support himself and family. If he left his Lord he could be recovered as astray, unless he had lived meanwhile for a year and a day in a privileged town or borough, in which case he obtained his freedom. He could accumulate no property, everything he possessed being... | |
 | Northumberland (England) - 1891 - 624 pages
...land to support himself and family. If he left bis lord, he could be recovered as a stray, unless be had lived meanwhile for a year and a day in a privileged town or borough, in which case be obtained his freedom. He could accumulate no property, everything he possessed being... | |
 | Northumberland (England) - 1891 - 614 pages
...a servant for life, receiving as wages enough of land to support himself and family. If he left bis lord, he could be recovered as a stray, unless he...a year and a day in a privileged town or borough, in which case be obtained his freedom. He could accumulate no property, everything he possessed being... | |
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... serf, who was a mere personal slave, and had no interest, even of a temporary nature, in the land. The villan could not leave his lord's estate, nor indeed give up the land he held under him, he was a servant for life, receiving as wages enough of... 