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Noun Concept
Categories: Noble titles, Land tenure, Titles in the United Kingdom, Medieval economics, Political history
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feudal land tenure  tenant-in-chief  tenance-in-chief  tenant in chief  tenants-in-chief
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In medieval and early modern Europe, a tenant-in-chief was a person who held his lands under various forms of feudal land tenure directly from the king or territorial prince to whom he did homage, as opposed to holding them from another nobleman or senior member of the clergy. Wikipedia
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In medieval and early modern Europe, a tenant-in-chief was a person who held his lands under various forms of feudal land tenure directly from the king or territorial prince to whom he did homage, as opposed to holding them from another nobleman or senior member of the clergy. Wikipedia
Form of land-holding of a lord, partially concessed to his vassals under the feudal system of Medieval Europe Wikidata