folkland

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Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his discretion. Not being held by any assurance in writing, it was opposed to bookland or charter land, which was held by deed.

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The royal demesne was the crown's folkland, whereas the king's bookland was his own personal property which he could leave by will as he chose. Source: Internet

In the decimation Æthelwulf may have conveyed royal folkland by charter to become bookland, in some cases to laymen who already rented the land. Source: Internet

Booking land thus converted it by charter from folkland to bookland. Source: Internet

In Anglo-Saxon England property was either folkland or bookland. Source: Internet

It was the booking of a tenth of folkland to its owners, who would then be free to convey it to a church.sfn :3. Source: Internet

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