 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...  The Early and Middle Ages of England - Page 424by Charles Henry Pearson - 1861 - 472 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1872 - 1604 pages
...land he held, is certain, from the words which are recorded as incident to the ceremony, 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 tfiitmcnti -,uhi(h I claim to hold of yon ; saving the faith that I owe unto our... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 408 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 time and faithful, and bear to you faith for the 'tenements that I claim to hold of you,... | |
 | John Pagen White - 1873 - 368 pages
...sword, and, kneeling on both knees, his hands held out and clasped between his lord's, was to say — "I become your man from this day forward of life, and limb, and earthly honour, and unto you will be true and faithful, and faith unto you will bear for the tenements... | |
 | Henry Wikoff - 1874 - 434 pages
...had received their lands from him as their Lord Paramount. In Norman-French they thus spoke : — " I become your man from this day forward, of life and...faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements I claim to hold of you." The King then kissed each liegeman on the cheek, and the Oath of Fealty was... | |
 | Thomas Pitt Taswell- Langmead - 1875 - 876 pages
...simple freeholders or franklins, holding under a Norman lord. his lord, and pronounced the words : ' I become your man from this day forward, of life and...faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements I claim to hold of you.' l The lord then kissed his vassal on the Fealty, cheek and received the oath... | |
 | William Speer - 1875 - 276 pages
...komage'f from a vassal by his kneeling ungirt and with uncovered head before his lord, and saying, " I become your man, from this day forward, of life, and limb, and earthly worship, and unto you shall be true and faithful ;" and then the lord kissed him, or he kissed... | |
 | William Speer - 1875 - 284 pages
...homage^ from a vassal by his kneeling ungirt and with uncovered head before his lord, and saying, " I become your man, from this day forward, of life, and limb, and earthly worship, and unto you shall be true and faithful ;" and then the lord kissed him, or he kissed... | |
 | Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) - 1876 - 482 pages
...vassalage. 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... | |
 | Joseph Fisher (F.R.H.S.) - 1876 - 148 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... | |
 | Joshua Williams - 1878 - 250 pages
...his knees, and hold his hands jointly together between the hands of his lord, and shall say this, ' I become your man from this day forward, of life and...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... | |
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