Unenfeoffed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unenfeoffed is an adjective meaning Without a fief.
Meaning
Without a fief.
More Meanings
- Not given out as a fief.
Example Sentences
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 […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unfeued, heirless, unheired, lordless, clanless, unlorded.
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