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vil·lein [ˈvɪleɪn, lɪn, Am -lən] N Brit hist

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A villein was a form of serf in the feudal system. en.wikipedia.org

The majority of the nobles with one parcel lived in separate noble villages, although some of them lived together with villeins in the same settlements. en.wikipedia.org

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

In the demesne there is one carucate, with two villeins, and 6 borderers, with two carucates aud a half. en.wikipedia.org

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

Whichever theory may be the correct one, the position, economic, legal, and political, of villeins in the thirteenth century has been ascertained with certainty. 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

In demesne there are two, and 20 villeins, with five borderers, having three carucates. en.wikipedia.org

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

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