 | English literature - 730 pages
...only honourable employment of mankind. Thefe villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, wey: either villeins regardant, that is annexed to the manor or land ; or «lfe they were ia graft , or at large, thar is, annexed to the perfon of the lord, and transferable... | |
 | English poetry - 1774 - 428 pages
...northern ancestors, efteeming war the only honourable employment of mankind. Thefe villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins...regardant, that is, annexed to the manor or land ; or elfe they were i,i graft, or at large, that i&, annexed to the perfon of the lord, and transferrable... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 566 pages
...Wright, 215. in Wright, 117. " 1 Jntrod. Hill. Engl. 55, r - i Init. 116. THESE villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins...regardant, that is, annexed to the' manor or land: or elle they were in grofs, or at large, that is, annexed to the perfon of the lord, and transferrable... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 700 pages
...northern anceftors, elleeming war the only honourable employment of mankind. J THESE villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins...regardant, that is, annexed to the manor or land : or elfe they were in grofs, or at large, that is, annexed to the perfon of the lord, and transferrable... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 676 pages
...annexed to the manor or land : or elfe they' were in grofs, or at large, that is, annexed to the perfon of the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner to another °. They could not leave their * Wright. 115. • i Inft. 1 1 6. 1 Introd. Hift. Engl 59. . • Litt. § 181. m Wright, li-j. lord... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 636 pages
...every other condition. This they called villenage, and the tenar.te villeins. Thefe villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins...regardant, that is, annexed to the manor or land ; or elfe they were in graft, or at large, that is, annexed to the perfon of the lord, and transferable... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...northern anceftors, efteeming war the only honourable employment of mankind. Tliefu villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins...regardant, that is, annexed to the manor or land ; : or elle they were in groß, or at large, that is, annexed to the perlón of the lord, and transferable... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...northern anceitors, efteeming war the only honourable employment of mankind. Thefe villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins regardant, that is, annexed to the rnaurr or land ; or elfc they were in gioj's, or at large, that is annexed to the pcrlon of the lord,... | |
 | George Mason - English language - 1801 - 260 pages
...REGA'RDANT. adj. An epithet that formerly defloted a particular l'or t of villeins. Thefe villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors; were either villeins regardant, that is, annexed to hii manor or Imd ; or elfe they were in grofs, or at large, that is, annexed to the perfoa of the lord,... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 698 pages
...northern ancestors, esteeming war the only honorable employment of mankind. [93] THESE villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins...large, that is, annexed to the person of the lord, and transfcrrable by deed from one owner to another°. They could k WriBiu,215. m Wright, 117. o Litt.... | |
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These villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins regardant, that is, annexed to the manor or land; or else they were in gross, or at large, that is, annexed to the person of the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner... 
