Sentence examples for in fief from inspiring English sources

Besides land, dignities and offices and money rents were also given in fief.

In the western states, royal vassals usually held land in full ownership rather than in fief.

Grumbach's chief ambition, however, was to become owner of his lands, which he held in fief from the bishops of Würzburg.

Ever since Peter II had offered his dominions in fief to the papacy in 1204 several popes had intervened directly in Aragonese affairs and had even tried to dispose of the throne.

The state of anarchy that prevailed in Germany during this period proved advantageous to Otakar, who was granted Austria and Steiermark in fief from Richard, earl of Cornwall, the titular German king.

About 1034 the town and its territories were granted in fief to Count Ulrich von Fenis, whose dynasty gradually increased its dominion, until by 1373 it held practically all the area of the present canton.

Wardship rights were generally exercised in fiefs held by military service but sometimes also in fiefs held by socage, or agricultural service.

At home, in the fief allotted to him in the Wei River valley (in modern Gansu and Shaanxi provinces), he established a competent administration and a supply base.

In his fief, no election observers were allowed.

Ismail Khan, the ruler of Herat, has expressed concern over the fiery suicides in his fief.

Madagascar's government, for example, at first presented a wish-list of all the projects that each cabinet minister wanted in his fief.