What does unenfeoffed mean?
Unenfeoffed means Without a fief..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Without a fief..
Not all knights held fiefs, and it was not unusual for knights to buy themselves freedom from the obligations of the fief, or even to abscond with the arms provided by their lord, becoming a part of the large number of unenfeoffed, wandering knights available for hire […]
Following ‘great murmur and clamour’ because of the non-payment of the expenses of the Household and the abuses of purveyance, it was further provided that the income from the unenfeoffed portions of the Duchy of Lancaster […] should be diverted for the next five years […]
Use unenfeoffed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unenfeoffed means Without a fief..
Common synonyms include unfeoffed.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Not all knights held fiefs, and it was not unusual for knights to buy themselves freedom from the obligations of the fief, or even to abscond with the arms provided by their lord, becoming a part of the large number of unenfeoffed, wandering knights available for hire […]
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