Translations for villein in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

villein [Brit ˈvɪlən, ˈvɪleɪn, Am ˈvɪlɪn, ˈvɪˌleɪn] N

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In demesne there are two, and sixteen villeins, with fourteen borderers, having four carucates and a half. en.wikipedia.org

There wastwenty-four villeins, forty-one freedmen, thirty-three smallholders and fourteen slaves. en.wikipedia.org

The village also had a priest, 10 villeins and 5 bordars. en.wikipedia.org

There were thereon at that time 7 villeins, and afterwards, and now 4 velleins. en.wikipedia.org

In demesne there are three, and forty-seven villeins, with fifteen borderers, having fifteen carucates. en.wikipedia.org

The survey enumerates 4 serfs, 10 villeins and 6 bordars; the total population, including wives and children, was probably between 50 and 70. en.wikipedia.org

A villein could not leave the land without the landowner's consent. en.wikipedia.org

The once free peasantry were crushed down into the dependent villeins of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. en.wikipedia.org

Landlords, even where legally entitled to do so, rarely evicted villeins because of the value of their labour. en.wikipedia.org

There were then 9 sokemen, 8 villeins (each with 7.5 acres), 15 cotters and 7 serfs. en.wikipedia.org

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