seignories

Carolina was to have an elaborately stratified society, with a nobility of landgraves and “caciques,” hereditary, indivisible domains, baronies, manors, and seignories.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

Carolina was to have an elaborately stratified society, with a nobility of landgraves and “caciques,” hereditary, indivisible domains, baronies, manors, and seignories.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

Carolina was to have an elaborately stratified society, with a nobility of landgraves and “caciques,” hereditary, indivisible domains, baronies, manors, and seignories.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

Clifford, because he was lord of the seignories of those parts.

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

Is this nowe the loyall reward that you render vnto him for creating you his Lieutenaunt ouer all his landes and seignories, to demaund the preheminence of his bedde?

The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

Those that haue read the aunciente histories and chronicles of Spaine, haue sene in diuers places the occasion of the cruell ennimitie which raigned by the space of XL. yeares, betweene the houses of Mendozza and Tolledo, families not onely righte noble and aunciente, but also most aboundante in riches, subiectes and seignories of all the whole realme.

The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

It may be that Henry -- knowing that the Conqueror, whilst taking care that no powerful seignories should grow up in the heart of his kingdom, as rivals to the throne, yet made exceptions in cases where the lands verged on hostile territory, such as Durham or

Is Ulster Right? Anonymous

Gachard says that they placed at the top of their letter their titles of sheriffs and deans, as princes and lords take the title of their seignories.

Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam

Deputy is instructed to issue a commission to measure off so much of other escheated lands adjoining "as shall be requisite to make up the full number and quantity of three seignories and a-half of tenantable land, without mountains, bogs, or barren heath; To hold for ever in fee-farm, as of the Castle of Carregroghan, in the Co. of Cork, in free soccage and not in capite."

The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke

Scot's time; and in order to illustrate the various tricks and modes of cozenage, he gives us so many charms and diagrams and conjurations, to say nothing of an inventory of seventy-nine devils and spirits, and their several seignories and degrees, that the _Occult Philosophy_ of

Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster Thomas Potts