His first and second wives were both Westerners, and Latins were welcomed at his court and even granted estates and official appointments.
Alexius promoted an alternative source of native manpower by extending the system of granting estates in pronoia (by favour of the emperor) and tying the grant to the military obligation.
Ivan's reign saw the beginning of the pomestie system, whereby the servants of the grand prince were granted estates on a basis of life tenure and on condition of loyal service.
1007), an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, granted estates in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk to the Abbey, which included "... that land at Thetford and fisheries around those marshes".
Along with the rising importance of a central administration arose a new class of educated scribes and officials who were granted estates by the pharaoh in payment for their services.
It can be an outright subsidy, a grant, real estate, a low-interest loan or a government service.
His travels explain why Petty's economics are full of international comparisons: stagnant Ireland, more prosperous England and its great rival at the time, the Netherlands.Success in Ireland meant Petty was granted an estate.
The document outlines that Gilbert de Notton, a Norman who had acquired the land from Roger de Montbegon, granted his estate to Cockersand Abbey.
Giles's son Henry Daubeney (later Earl of Bridgewater) sold the property to Henry VIII, and in 1547 Edward VI granted the estate to William Paulet, whose heirs sold it in 1600 to Sir Stephen Thornhurst of Agnes Court, Kent.
Several years after Clark's death the state of Virginia granted his estate $30,000 $$ in 2009 chained dollars) as a partial payment on the debts that they owed him.
His favouritism to the Latins was unpopular, as was his lavish granting of estates in pronoia.
