Feudal Right

The feudal right are a whole of rights in rem charged and received by a Seigneur because of sound Fief by the vassal which depend on it. They should not be confused with the right seigneuriaux.

Among the principal feudal rights, one counts:

Homage

Right of war (or of ost)

The Seigneur publishes his round of applause of war and convenes its vassal under its banner and with its Ost (armed), not only when the country is invaded or the concerned general interest, but also for the private wars.

The men-at-arms are useful for a fixed time (from forty to sixty days). The Seigneur provides his troop out of weapons, ammunition and vivres. If they are themselves knights or baron S, they take along with them their soldiers. Whoever disobeyed became Félon and like such, was private of sound Fief (Commise).

Right of justice (or of plaid)

When two vassal have lawsuit, the lord convenes the even or equal indicter and of the defendant. He calls the cause and chairs the court. The procedure generally has recourse to the Ordalie, or the legal duel (singular combat), to decide between the opponents.

Right of assistance (or of tax)

The regular assistances are perceived twice a year, either in kind, or out of money, at Easter and Christmas. With these taxes (paid by all the vassal ones), are added " the taille" , which weighs only on the churls, unpleasant or commoners and who is perceived in four cases:

when the lord is prisoner.
when the lord leaves out of Holy Land.
when the lord arms knight his oldest son (Adoubement)
when the lord Marie his oldest daughter.

To the right of assistance the right of coining is attached. The baron S regard it as a tax resource, by melting and remelting their parts, modifying the title and the weight, establishing exchange offices in their cities. The other feudal rights look at, the ones, the person of the Vassal, the others, its Fief.

Suppression and maintenance of the feudal rights

Variety of the types of strongholds in Western Europe at the time medieval and modern led to the large variety of the feudal rights. The majority of these rights were abolished in the European countries at the same time as the suppression of the seigneuriaux rights.

They still exist in certain areas, and due or are perceived by the owners of Fief S having preserved a legal existence.

It is the case for example in the Channel Islands of Jersey, Guernesey and of Sercq. In the first two islands, the seigneuriaux rights were abolished to the 20th century but the owners of strongholds in these islands (the lords ) continue to pay their homage to the duke (the queen Elisabeth) at the time of his visits. On the other hand, the lord of Sercq is the only Anglo-Norman lord who preserves the whole of his rights, feudal and seigneuriaux.

See too

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External resource

feudal Droit Relates to primarily the provinces concerned with the Parliament of Toulouse.

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