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Manorial term of the day – Free Tenure
“Free tenure” tenure or status that denoted greater freedom of time and action than, say, customary tenure or status; a freeman was entitled to use the royal courts, and the title to free tenure was defensible there.
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“Villein” a peasant whose freedom of time and action is constrained by his lord; a villein was not able to use the royal courts.
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“Free tenure” tenure or status that denoted greater freedom of time and action than, say, customary tenure or status; a freeman was entitled to use the royal courts, and the title to free tenure was defensible there.
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