 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - Great Britain - 1846 - 900 pages
...term thus : — " Denoting, in its primary sense, the inclosuro which surrounded the mere homeetead or dwelling of the lord, it seems to have been gradually...extended to the whole of the land which constituted the domain.'" " Every Anglo-Saxon township," he afterwards observes, "was subjected, in demesne, to a superior... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasey - Constitutional history - 1853 - 366 pages
...jurisdiction. An explanation of the Saxon term may be required. Denoting in its primary sense the inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of...extended to the whole of the land which constituted the domain." There was a lord of every township, usually one of the more opulent Thanes, though some townships... | |
 | E. S. Creasy - 1854 - 468 pages
...jurisdiction. An explanation of the Saxon term may be required. Denoting in its primary sense the inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord, it seems to have heen gradually extended to the whole of the laud which constituted the domain." There was a lord of... | |
 | William Hughes - Great Britain - 1863 - 754 pages
...Lancashire but 6. or township^ is derived from the Saxon tynan, to enclose. Denoting (says Palgrave) in its primary sense the enclosure which surrounded...extended to the whole of the land which constituted the domain. Out of these townships, in cases Where an increasing population was drawn to any particular... | |
 | William Hughes - Great Britain - 1874 - 452 pages
...Lancashire but 6. or township, is derived from the Saxon tynan, to enclose. Denoting (says Palgrave) in its primary sense the enclosure which surrounded...extended to the whole of the land which constituted the domain. Out of these townships, in cases where an increasing population was drawn to any particular... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 686 pages
...the Saxon period, was denominated the town, or township. An explanation of the term may be required. Denoting in its primary sense the enclosure which...extended to the whole of the land which constituted the domain." There was a lord of every township, usually one of the more opulent thanes, though some townships... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 690 pages
...the Saxon period, was denominated the town, or township. An explanation of the term may be required. Denoting in its primary sense the enclosure which...extended to the whole of the land which constituted the domain." There was a lord of every township, usually one of the more opulent thanes, though some townships... | |
 | 1832 - 814 pages
...situation, territory, or iippendant jurisdiction. An explanation of the Saxon term may be required. Denoting, in its primary sense, the enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwell ing of the lord, it seems to have been gradually extended to the whole of the land which constituted... | |
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There was a lord of every township, usually one of the more opulent Thanes, though some townships belonged to the Sovereign as their superior. We will, however, limit our attention to the ordinary and normal case, where a resident Thane was lord of the... 