 | Edward Baines - 1821 - 680 страници
...the crown. The barons '• were bound to keep their honour courts " every year at least, or oftener if need be ; at which court all the freeholders of...honours, were required to make their appearance as suitor*, and not to sit, but to stand bare-headed." After so mighty an agitation as that produced by... | |
 | Edward Baines - 1824 - 678 страници
...the crown. The barons '• were bound to keep their honour courts " every year at least, or oftener if need be ; at which court all the freeholders of...honours, were required to make their appearance as suitor», and not to sit, but to stand bare-headed." After so mighty an agitation as that produced... | |
 | Whellan, William, & Co - 1855 - 1010 страници
...alone retained the title. The barons were bound to keep their courts, " every year at least, or oftener if need be, at which court all the freeholders of...suitors, and not to sit, but to stand bareheaded." The Normans preserved most of the Anglo-Saxon laws and customs, but preferred their own trial by battle,... | |
 | William White - 1878 - 926 страници
...termed an honour. The barons were bound to keep their honour courts ' every year at least, or oftener if need be ; at which court all the freeholders of...granted by the Conqueror were in perpetuity to the feoffees and their legitimate descendants. But in case of the failure of heirs, of felony, or treason... | |
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The king's great barons, who held a large extent of territory of the crown, granted out smaller manors to inferior persons, to be held under them; and this seigniory was termed an honour. The barons were bound to keep their honour courts ' every year... 