I become your man from this day forward of life and limb, and of earthly worship, and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king;'... Transactions of the Royal Historical Society - Page 119by Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) - 1876Full view - About this book
| John Jane Smith Wharton, John Mounteney Lely - 1889 - 800 pages
...limb, and earthly honour, and to you will be faithful and loyal, and bear you faith, for the tenements that I claim to hold of you (saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king): so help me God.' The lord then kissed him. Homage could only be done to the lord himself, but fealty... | |
| Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1893 - 444 pages
...earthly worship ; and unto you I shall be true and faithful, and bear to you faith for the 'tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king." A kiss from the baron completed the ceremony. The furniture of a Norman keep was not unlike that of... | |
| William Pinckney Fishback - 1896 - 502 pages
...and of earthly worship, and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe to our sovereign lord, the king ; and then the lord, so sitting, shall kiss him." The obligation of... | |
| James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 pages
...earthly worship; and unto you I shall be true and faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king." The furniture of a Norman keep was not unlike that of an English house. There was richer ornament—more... | |
| James Baldwin - 1897 - 252 pages
...earthly worship; and unto you I shall be true and faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king." The furniture of a Norman keep was not unlike that of an English house. There was richer ornament—more... | |
| George Washington Kirchwey - 1900 - 596 pages
...worship, and unto you shall be true and faithfull, and beare to you faith for the tenements that I claime to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our soveraigne lord the king ; and then the lord so sitting shall kisse him. § 91. Fealty is the same... | |
| Frederick Pollock - 1902 - 512 pages
...oath of fealty, ' for life, for member, and for worldly honour, and shall bear you faith for the lands that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our lord the king V So it came about that allegiance took on its modern meaning, and came to signify 1... | |
| Esther Singleton - 1908 - 528 pages
...earthly worship, and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements (MN) that I claim to hold of you ; saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king;' and then the lord so sitting shall kiss him." In order to avoid mistake, the tenements for which homage... | |
| William Pinckney Fishback, Arnold Bennett Hall - 1915 - 576 pages
...of earthly worship, and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king;' and then the lord so sitting shall kiss him." The obligation of homage, says Fleta, is mutual, binding... | |
| 1847 - 616 pages
...earthly worship, and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear you faith for the tenements and claim to hold of you (saving the faith that I owe unto our Sovereign Lord the King)/ and then the lord so sitting shall kiss him." The next service to be done was Fealty, orjftdeli. tea,... | |
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