 | Domesday book - 1865 - 348 pages
...— Hors-weard would seem to have been a service which consisted in watching the /tones of the lord. particular strengthened the tenure of their estates to that degree that they came to have in them in many places an interest full as good, in others better than their lords. For the good nature and... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1867 - 926 pages
...calling in the assistance of the law. Villeins, by these and many other means, in process of time gained considerable ground on their lords ; and in particular strengthened the tenure of their estates to thai degree, that they came to have in them an interest in many places full as good, in others better... | |
 | George Sigerson - Ireland - 1871 - 356 pages
...copyhold tenure : "Villeins," seizing certain opportunities, Blackstone proceeds, " in process of time strengthened the tenure of their estates to that degree,...they came to have in them an interest in many places as good, in others better than, their lords." This, he thinks, was largely owing to the "goodnature... | |
 | George Sigerson - Ireland - 1871 - 358 pages
...who had been deprived of it by a decree in the Star-Chamber, anno 1636." — Ware, Annals of Ireland. they came to have in them an interest in many places...full as good, in others better than their lords." The common law, of which custom is the life, gave them title to prescribe against their lords, and... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1872 - 776 pages
...Villeins, by these and many other means, in process of time gained considerable grounds on their lord ; and in particular strengthened the tenure of their...places full as good, in others better than their lords. (13) For the good-nature and benevolence of many lords of manors having, time out of mind, permitted... | |
 | David Mitchell Aird - Law - 1873 - 366 pages
...enfranchised by manumission, and in process of time gained considerable influence over their lords, and strengthened the tenure of their estates to that degree,...they came to have in them an interest in many places as good, in others better, than their lords ; for the good-nature and benevolence of many lords of... | |
 | Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - Law - 1875 - 966 pages
...became in all respects a free man. Villeins, by these and many other means, in process of time gained considerable ground on their lords; and in particular...strengthened the tenure of their estates to that degree, that thev came to have in them an interest Gradually raised . , ° » í , , , , - т their condition in... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1876 - 782 pages
...Villeins, by these and many other means, in process of time gained considerable grounds on their lord ; and in particular strengthened the tenure of their...places full as good, in others better than their lords. (13) For the good-nature and benevolence of many lords of manors having, time out of mind, permitted... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1877 - 640 pages
...for this was dealing with his villein on the footing of a free-man. So that villeins, in time, gained considerable ground on their lords ; and in particular...degree, that they came to have in them an interest fully as good, in some cases better than their lords. For many lords having permitted their villeins... | |
 | William Blackstone, Alexander Leith, James Frederick Smith - Law - 1880 - 650 pages
...with their pa'rents. Tenures by Villeins, by many means, in process of time.gained consider•fi. able ground on their lords ; and in particular strengthened...have in them an interest in many places full as good as, in others better than, their lords. For the good-nature and benevolence of many lords of manors... | |
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Villeins, by these and many other means, in process of time gained considerable ground on their lords; and in particular strengthened the tenure of their estates to that degree, that they came to have in them an interest in many places full as good, in... 
