 | Sir Edward Coke - 1817 - 950 pages
...2. Fealty. Sect. 91. TfEALT Y is the same that fidelitas is in Latine. And rehén a freeholder doth fealty to his lord, he shall hold his right hand upon a booke, and shall say thus : Know ye this, my lord, that I shall befaithfull and true unto you, and... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas Littleton, Thomas Coventry - 1830 - 716 pages
...SECTION 91. FEALTY. FEALTY i* the same that fidelitas is in Latin. And when a free- Fealty. holder doth fealty to his lord he shall hold his right hand upon a Imok, and shall say thus : Know ye this, my lord, that I shall be be faithful and true unto you, and... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1836 - 570 pages
...sitting hall kiss him. 1 The following is Littleton's account of fealty : " When a freeholder doth fealty to his lord, he shall hold his right hand upon a book, and say thus : Know ye this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you, and faith to you shall bear for... | |
 | Sir Thomas Littleton - 1841 - 794 pages
...Transl. CHAPTER II. FEALTY. 91 FEALTY is the same that fidelitas is in Latin. And when a freeholder doeth fealty to his lord, he shall hold his right hand upon a book, and shall say thus: Ilear you this my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you, and faith to you... | |
 | 1846 - 982 pages
...FEALTY, says Littleton (§ 91), "is the same that flilelitus is in Latin. And when a freeholder doth fealty to his lord, he shall hold his right hand upon a book, and shall say thus : — ' Know ye this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you, and faith... | |
 | Sir Thomas Littleton - 1846 - 276 pages
...How it shall be done. — Fealty is the same that fidelitas is in Latin. And when a freeholder doth fealty to his lord, he shall hold his right hand upon a book, and shall say thus : " Know ye this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you, and faith to... | |
 | 1861 - 494 pages
...truth, And lasting fealty to the new made king. Richard II. Act 5 Scene 2. And when a freeholder doth fealty to his lord, he shall hold his right hand upon a book, and shall say thus: know ye this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you, and faith to you... | |
 | Jean Froissart - 1847 - 378 pages
...clashing. They were often too near neighbours to be on any other " When a freeholder (frank-tenant) doth fealty to his lord, he shall hold his right hand upon a book, and shall say thus . Know ye this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you, and faith to you... | |
 | 1853 - 502 pages
...FEALTY, says Littleton (§ 91), "is the same that fidelitas is in Latin. And when a freeholder doth fealty to his lord, he shall hold his right hand upon a book, and shall say thus: — ' Know ye this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto yon, and faith... | |
 | William Lowes Rushton - 1858 - 60 pages
...fealty." Act 2, Scene 5. " Fealty is the same that fidelitas is in Latin. And when a freeholder doth fealty to his lord, he shall hold his right hand upon a book, and shall say thus: Know ye this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you, and faith to you... | |
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And when a freeholder doth fealty to his lord, he shall hold his right hand upon a book, and shall say thus: Know ye this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you, and faith to you shall bear for the lands which I claim to hold of you, and... 
