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Definition of Feodary
1. n. An accomplice.
Definition of Feodary
1. Noun. An accomplice. ¹
2. Noun. (UK legal) An ancient officer of the (w Court of Wards). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Feodary
1. a vassal [n -RIES] - See also: vassal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feodary
Literary usage of Feodary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society, John Harland, Manchester (England). Court-Leet (1862)
"83 The following feodary of 1349 is from one of the Lansdowne MSS., ... the fees
generally in this feodary with those of the Testa de Nevill (chap. vii. p. ..."
2. Mamecestre: Being Chapters from the Early Recorded History of the Barony by John Harland (1862)
"69 ante) and of the Birch feodary (chap. liv. p. 257 ante). 84 Lancashire was
not created a duchy, and consequently this Henry did not become Duke of ..."
3. The Tenures of Kent by Charles Isaac Elton (1867)
"The feodary of Kent.—The Roll of Blanch-lands.—Difficulty of consulting
records.—Disinclination to enquire into tenures.-^Amount of land in Kent held by ..."
4. The Law in Shakespeare by Cushman Kellogg Davis (1884)
"feodary. A tenant who holds his land by feudal service. The word also signifies
an officer of the court of wards. l'Jo. 222. A prison for debtor that not ..."
5. The Index Library by British Record Society (1908)
"... esq., William Necton, gent., feodary, and Edmund Ferrand, gent., commissioners,
after the death of Bridget ..."
6. Lancashire Inquests, Extents, and Feudal Aids by Lancashire (England), William Farrer (1907)
"feodary OF HENRY, EARL OF LANCASTER. 4 EDWARD III (1330). [DUCHY OF LANC. KNIGHTS'
FEES, BDLE. 1, No. 11]. Fees of Henry, earl of Lancaster, ..."
7. Antiquities of Shropshire by Robert William Eyton (1860)
"... to prove the descendants of Griffin de Sutton as in circumstantial possession
of Kynaston. When the feodary of 1397-8 includes Kynaston in the " Fee of ..."
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