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/ˈdɹɛŋ/ · noun
(historical, UK) A kind of feudal free tenant with military duties, mentioned in the Domesday Book..
In the reign of K. Richard I, the Theines and Drenges of Northumberland were tallaged. They paid each of them 80 much de Dono (o).
Accordingly, long after the Conquest, the Thegns and Drengs of Northumberland, and the Drengs, Thegns, and Villeins of the bishopric of Durham, continued to be tallaged.
It is significant that, as Map 2 shows, the main concentrations of thegns and drengs are in the east of the territory that was apparently tributary to the Danish king in about AD 1000.
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Dreng means (historical, UK) A kind of feudal free tenant with military duties, mentioned in the Domesday Book..
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In the reign of K. Richard I, the Theines and Drenges of Northumberland were tallaged. They paid each of them 80 much de Dono (o).
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