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Tenant in chief
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a tenant holding land directly from the king, normally termed a baron.
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Tenement
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a land holding.
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Tenementum
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a land holding (Latin).
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Thegn or Thane
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Title given to a local lord during the Anglo-Saxon period, roughly equivalent to a Norman knight. His landholding his term a thanage.
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Tithe
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a tenth of all issue and profit, mainly grain, fruit, livestock and game, owed by parishioners to their church.
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Toft
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an enclosure for a homestead.
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Unfree tenure
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see customary tenure.
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Vaccary
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a dairy farm
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Vassal
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a tenant, often of lordly status.
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Vill
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the local unit of civil administration, also used to designate a territorial township community (prior to the 14th century).
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Villein
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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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Villeinage
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see customary tenure and unfree tenure.
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Virgate
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a quarter of a hide; a standardised villein holding of around 30 acres. Also known as a yardland.
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Ward
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administrative division; the word implies a guarded or defended unit. The term most commonly relates to large administrative subdivisions of the county (usually 5 or 6) from the 13th century. Equivalent to a Poor Law township in Redesdale from 1662 onwards and in upper North Tynedale (Bellingham Chapelry) between 1662-1729.
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