Sentence examples for personal lands from inspiring English sources

In Anglo-Saxon times the king's personal lands were differentiated from those held by the crown as such, but after the Norman Conquest (1066) they became merged as the estates of the crown, over which he had full power of disposal.

His personal lands covered, and included eleven towns and over 200 villages.

The Angevin kings had three main sources of income available to them, namely revenue from their personal lands, or demesne; money raised through their rights as a feudal lord; and revenue from taxation.

Free of future personal land mines?

While she was a contortionist in the air, her personal landing has been hard.

Or a deep-pocketed buyer could snatch up the entire airport and have a personal landing strip steps from the beach, along with views of Block Island Sound.

The father and son, the company's former chief financial officer, were accused of looting the company to pay for personal land deals and vacation homes.

Henry Winkler will film a test advertisement for taxi televisions with the catchphrase, "Can You Dig It?" Blueprints of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's failed attempts to convert new bike lanes into a personal landing strip for his private plane.

New features on the podcasting app include personal landing pages and better search capabilities so listeners can discover new podcasters, an ability to edit podcast metadata and an embeddable player.

In theory, the voivodes were considered proprietors of all the lands in the country, but in fact they were devoid of extensive personal land holdings.

James Taylor, Jr., then serving as quartermaster general of the state militia, took out a $6,000 mortgage on his personal land to purchase boats to transport Adair's men.