Excerpt from Baronia Anglica: An History of Land-Honors and Baronies, and of Tenure in Capite; Verified by Records Crown of England. I fay, reliev'mg of the Crown. Nor or Barony in England was at one Time or other Created'. The King. Originally, or in its Pirfi Creation, it moved from the King Himfelf, the Chief Lord of the whole Realm; and could be holden immediately of no other Lord. For example. The King enfeoffed a Man of a Great Seigneury in Land; to Hold to the perlon enfeofi'ed and his heirs, of the King and his heirs, by Baronial Service, to wit, by the Service of Twenty, Forty, Sixty Knights, or of fuch other number of Knights, either more. Or fewer, as the King by his Enfeofment limited or appointed; But of thefe matters I {hall have Occafion to {peak at large hereafter in this Volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.