bn:00357015n
Noun Concept
Categories: Titles in the United Kingdom, Noble titles, Land tenure, 1660 disestablishments in England, Scots law legal terms
EN
feudal land tenure  tenant-in-chief  tenance-in-chief  tenant in chief  tenants-in-chief  ward
EN
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
Definitions
Relations
Sources
EN
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