 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
 | 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... | |
 | Louis Arthur Goodeve - 1885 - 720 pages
...the 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... | |
 | Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead, Charles Henry Edward Carmichael - 1886 - 870 pages
...ungirt and head uncovered, he placed his hands between those of 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.'3 1 Coke upon Littleton, cap. 1, sec. 1. • The tenants-iu-chief, including... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1887 - 536 pages
...fealty, placing his joined hands between those of the sitting Baron and numbly saying as he knelt, " I become your man from this day forward, of life 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... | |
 | John Chipman Gray - 1888 - 936 pages
...together between the hands of his lord, and shall say thus : I become your man (Jeo deveigne vostre home) from this day forward of life and limb, and of earthly...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... | |
 | John Jane Smith Wharton, John Mounteney Lely - 1889 - 800 pages
...before 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,... | |
 | Arthur Hussey - 1896 - 222 pages
...being seated, the tenant knelt before him and placed his hands between those of his lord, and said " I become your man from this day forward of life and...and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear you faith ^or the tenements that [ claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe to the king."... | |
 | William Pinckney Fishback - 1896 - 502 pages
...before him on both knees, and hold his hands jointly 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... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 488 pages
...fealty, placing his joined hands between those of the sitting baron, and 25 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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