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A knight's fee could be created by the king himself or by one of his tenants-in-chief by separating off an area of land from his own demesne (land held in-hand), which process when performed by the latter was known as subinfeudation, and establishing therein a new manor for the use of a knight who would by the process of enfeoffment become his tenant by paying homage and fealty to his new ...
Homage (/ˈhɒmɪdʒ/ or / oʊ ˈ m ɑː ʒ / [1]) (from Medieval Latin hominaticum, lit. "pertaining to a man") in the Middle Ages was the ceremony in which a feudal tenant or vassal pledged reverence and submission to his feudal lord, receiving in exchange the symbolic title to his new position (investiture).
The heir would pay homage to the king, which once received established him irreversibly as the true heir, for the ceremony of homage was in the form of a sacred vow. Only then could the heir pay his feudal relief to the treasury , which final step would enable him to obtain seisin, i.e., actual possession.
Prince William pays homage to the King 12:12 , Thomas Kingsley In a break with tradition, the Prince of Wales was the only blood prince to pay homage during the service.
Paying homage to the Land of Enchantment: 'Fiesta of Cultures: All Cultures of New Mexico' features music, dance, food and more Tribune Kathaleen Roberts, Albuquerque Journal, N.M.
David Bruce, King of Scotland, acknowledges Edward III of England as his feudal lord (1346), in a manuscript of Froissart's Chronicles, c. 1410. A commendation ceremony (commendatio) is a formal ceremony that evolved during the Early Medieval period to create a bond between a lord and his fighting man, called his vassal.
King Charles III had a special message for Prince William following the homage at the coronation on Saturday, May 6. ... guests in the church were asked to pay homage as well, saying: “God save ...
The king could now legally confiscate a fief if a vassal refused to pay homage to him; this had been done in the past but was technically illegal before this Assise. Apparently the Assise was created after a dispute between Gerard, Lord of Sidon , and King Amalric; Gerard had dispossessed one of his rear-vassals and refused to return the land ...