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L'ds. & so receiv'd them back under feudal tenures &c. | L'ds. & so receiv'd them back under feudal tenures &c. | ||
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under ye protection of Lds. whence came a frase | under ye protection of Lds. whence came a frase | ||
often met with in doomsday book tenere in allodis. | often met with in doomsday book tenere in allodis. | ||
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4 they frequently surrender'd their lands, to neighboring L'ds. & so receiv'd them back under feudal tenures &c. sometimes where they kept their deletion unclear /deletion [[ad^^^possessions they put themselves under ye protection of Lds. whence came a frase often met with in doomsday book tenere in allodis. as for slaves either made so by ye Conquerors, or found so they look'd upon them as part of their substence ye Principal if not only differnce btween new Govern-s. sette'd by ye Conquerors, & ye antient one they had liv'd under in Germany, was yt they Priest or Leader became no longer annual as in ye Mother Country, for being in a contiual state of war, it would not have been safe to have been often changing ye Gen. In process of time these Leaders came to be call'd Ks. but yt this was on inmovation appears plainly from most modern nations unclear deriving ye name of K. from ye Latin. In England yt name is of Saxon origin tho' ye first Saxon Leaders yt invaded this Country, were call'd Hertoge, for ye old Teutonick Word Here, signifying publick & toge, Gen; & this idea of Gen. of ye Publick, seems to be ye only one these Nations had of a K. for ye Longobards who gave they name to Lombardy, chang'd their P. into 30 Ds. & yet in time of war elected one Gen. who did not in ye least infringe ye rights of any of these Ducal Powers. after ye assumption of a Regal title their still continued assemblies of ye people, as in Germany, to consider of ye common Good; these were in England & France call'd Parl-s. in Spain Cartes, & in Germany & Poland Diets; in Latin Placitum, Carits, maleum, but more commonly colloquium From what has been said of ye distribution of ye conquer'd Lands, it must necessarily follow, yt from ye different circumstances of ye Conquerors, several Changs must have happen'd. time has produc'd two great ones; one in ye interests of ye feoffices, ye other in unclear ye Vassalage feffices since known by ye name of tenures. as to ye first ye increase of ye people, ye cultivation of ye Lands, & ye great elegancy of Life, yt gradually introduc'd itself, made ye superiors desire to reasure ye possession of their Estates, & ye Vassals to make their settlements more durable
