Fief

Fief
Fee, Feud
1) A) Heritable lands held under feudal tenure; the lands of a tenant in chief. Sometimes this can apply to an official position. Often called a Holding. B) Normally a land held by a vassal of a lord in return for stipulated services, chiefly military. Sometimes unusual requirements were stipulated for transferring a fief. For example: Henry de la Wade held 42 acres of land in Oxfordby the service of carrying a gyrfalcon whenever King Edward I wished to go hawking.
2) Land or revenue-producing property granted by a lord in return for a vassal's service.
(Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle, 230)
3) Property producing income; a grant by a lord to a vassal to secure the services of the vassal.
(Hogue, Arthur R. Origins of the Common Law, 256)
4) An estate in land (in England normally heritable): held on condition of homage and the performance of services (both customary and specified, including, essentially, military service) to a superior lord, by whom it is granted, and in whom the ownership remains.
(Warren, W.L. Henry II, 634)
Related terms: Fief-Rente, Fief de Haubert, Feoffee, Feoffment, Fee, Fee Simple

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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