archbishop:a bishop of the highest rank who presides over an archbishopric or archdiocese.
abbots:a man who is the head or superior, usually elected, of a monastery.
earls:a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount.
barons:a member of the lowest grade of nobility.f
justiciaries:the office or jurisdiction of a justicar.
foresters:a person who is expert in forestry.
stewards:a person who manages another's property or financial
affairs.
bailiffs:an officer; similar to a sheriff.
liege:a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
rectifying:to make, put, or set right; correct
venerable:commanding respect because of great age or impressive
dignity.
cardinal:of prime importance; chief; principal.
aforesaid:said or mentioned earlier or previously.
wardship:guardianship; custody.
inheritance: property passing at the owner's death to the heir or those entitled to succeed.
pertaining:to belong or be connected as a part, adjunct,
possession, or attribute.
ploughs:plow
husbandry:the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food;agriculture; farming.
disparagement:something that derogates or casts in a bad light, as a remark or censorious essay.
forthwith:immediately; at once; without delay
compelled:to force or drive, especially to a course of action.
chattels:Law. a movable article of personal property.
debtor:a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to
another.
sufficient:adequate for the purpose; enough.
sureties:security against loss or damage or for the fulfillment of an obligation,the payment of a debt, etc.; a pledge, guaranty, or bond.
distrained:to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent,damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a
claim.
indemnified:to compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense incurred, etc.
scutage: a payment exacted by a lord in lieu of military service due to him by the holder of a fee.
ransoming:the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
levied:an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or
force.
boroughs: an incorporated municipality smaller than a city.
anent:in regard to; about; concerning.
tenement:any species of permanent property, as lands, houses, rents, an office, or a franchise, that may be held of another.
inquests:a legal or judicial inquiry, usually before a jury, especially an investigation made by a coroner into the cause of a death.
disseisin:the act of disseising or state of being disseised.
mort:Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
assizes:a trial session, civil or criminal, held periodically
in specific locations in England, usually by a judge of a
superior court.
amerced:to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
accordance:agreement; conformity.
contentment:the state of being contented; satisfaction; ease of
mind.
villein:a member of a class of partially free persons under the feudal system,who were serfs with respect to their lord but had the rights and privileges of freemen with respect to others.
constable:an officer of the peace, having police and minor
judicial functions,usually in a small town, rural district, etc.
coroners:an officer.
wapentake:a subdivision of a shire or county corresponding to a
hundred.
fief: a subdivision of a shire or county corresponding to a hundred.
thence:from that place.
intestate:not having made a will.
lieu:place; stead.
writ:a formal order under seal, issued in the name of a sovereign,
goverment, court, or other competent authority, enjoining the officer or other person to whom it is issued or addressed to do or refrain from
some specified act.
praecipe:any of various legal writs commanding a defendant to do something or to appear and show why it should not be done.
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