HIST 1201H Chapter Notes - Chapter N/A: Le Droit, Jean Domat, Usury
8 Mar 2016
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Hundred rolls of the manor of alwalton, huntingdonshire, england, 1279. The abbot of peterborough holds the manor of alwalton and vill from the lord king directly. Tenants of the manor hold land by charter and pay the abbot a year fee (14 shillings) A villein is a member of a class of partially free persons under the feudal system, who were serfs with respect to their lord but had the rights and privileges of freemen with respect to others. Claimed that the english church shall be free and has it"s rights and liberties inviolate. A widow after her husband"s death shall be able to have her marriage portion and inheritance without difficultly. The widow was allowed to keep the deceased husband"s land after death. No women will be compelled to marry if she prefers to live without a husband.
