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Leucata
Mon., tom. i. p. 768. And so it seems to be used in a charter of William the Conqueror to Battle Abbey.
Lambard's archaionomia
Lambard's archaionomia, a work printed in 1568, containing the Anglo-Saxon laws, and those of William the Conqueror and of Henry I.
Feudal system
Feudal system, the system of land tenure which William the Conqueror introduced into this country, thereby displacing the Saxon laws of property, and which was the chief civil institution
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Magnanimous
above what is low mean or ungenerous of lofty and courageous spirit as a magnanimous character a magnanimous conqueror
Curfew
a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires extinguish lights and retire to rest instituted by William the Conqueror also the bell itself
Drenches, or drenges
or drenges, tenants in capite. They are said to be such as, at the coming of William the Conqueror, being put out of their estates, were afterwards restored to them, on their making it appear that they
Domesday, or domesday-book
or domesday-book [liber judiciarius vel censualis Angli', Lat.], an ancient record made in the time of William the Conqueror, and now kept at the Record Office, consisting of two volumes, a greater and lesser; the greater containing
Cinque Ports
Confessor there were only there ports, viz., Dover, Sandwich, and Rommey; but in the time of William the Conqueror Hastings and Hythe were added, making five, whence the name Cinque Ports. Winchelsea and Rye were afterwards added
Channel Islands
and Sark, part of the ancient Duchy of Normandy, annexed to the kingdom of England by William the Conqueror: by the (English) Interpretation Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 63), s. 18(1)(b), included in the expression
Aula Regis, or Regia
Aula Regis, or Regia, a Court established by William the Conqueror in his own hall; it was composed of the great officers of state resident in the palace, and
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