Land tenure in England
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land-tenure-in-england-162-10869279
title:
Land tenure in England
text:
Even before the Norman Conquest, there was a strong tradition of landholding in Anglo-Saxon law. When William the Conqueror asserted sovereignty over England in 1066, he confiscated the property of the recalcitrant English landowners. Over the next dozen years, he granted land to his lords and to the dispossessed Englishmen, or affirmed their existing land holdings, in exchange for fealty and promises of military and other services. At the time of the Domesday Book, all land in England was held
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Aspect of English land law
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_tenure_in_England
date created:
2008-09-14T22:11:02Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T21:35:59Z
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