 | Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) - 1876 - 482 pages
...In swearing fealty, the vassal knelt, placed his hands between those of his lord's, and swore : " I become your man from this day forward, of life and...and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear you faith for the tenements at that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our Sovereign... | |
 | John Joseph Lalor - 1883 - 1076 pages
...his knees, and hold his hands jointly together between the hands of his lord. and shall say thus: I become your man, from this day forward, of life and...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... | |
 | John Joseph Lalor - 1883 - 1076 pages
...his knees, and hold his hands jointly together between the hands of his lord, and shall say thus: I become your man, from this day forward, of life and...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... | |
 | John Jane Smith Wharton - 1883 - 908 pages
...him, and held his hands extended and joined between the hands of his lord, and said thus : — ' I become your man from this day forward, of life, and limb, and earthly honour, and to you will be faithful and loyal, and bear you faith, for the tenements that I... | |
 | Manchester (England). Court-leet - 1884 - 332 pages
...knees and hold his hands jointly together between the hands of his lord and shall say thus :— ' I become your man from this day forward, of life and limb and earthly worship and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements that... | |
 | Manchester court leet - 1884 - 332 pages
...knees and hold his hands jointly together between the hands of his lord and shall say thus:— ' I become your man from this day forward, of life and limb and earthly worship and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements that... | |
 | Manchester (England). Court-leet - 1884 - 334 pages
...knees and hold his hands jointly together between the hands of his lord and shall say thus : — ' I become your man from this day forward, of life and limb and earthly worship and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements that... | |
 | Louis Arthur Goodeve - 1885 - 720 pages
...duties of the vassal (' gtvas'—Celtic for ' servant') commenced (m). (A-) 1 Hallam, ch. 2. (f) "I become your man from this day forward of life and limb and of earthly worship, arid unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold... | |
 | John Jane Smith Wharton, John Mounteney Lely - 1889 - 800 pages
...him, and held his hands extended and joined between the hands of his lord, and said thus : — ' I become your man from this day forward, of life, and limb, and earthly honour, and to you will be faithful and loyal, and bear you faith, for the tenements that I... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1893 - 444 pages
...'fealty, placing his joined hands between those of the sitting baron, and humbly saying as he knelt, " I become your man from this day forward, of life and limb and of 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,... | |
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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 you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe to our sovereign lord the king;... 
