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Tenures, particularly Anglo-Saxon tenures, appear bewildering in their variety and in the various ways in which they are described.
The coding employed here divides them into nine groups:
L0 This code identifies holdings whose jurisdiction lies in another manor or with another lord where these are the subject of separate entries
L1 This code identifies holdings tied to a manor before 1066 where these are the subject of separate entries. As such, they are evidence of ownership and title
L2 This code identifies Anglo-Saxon tenures which were not free, that is tenures where the landholder was said to be unable to grant or sell, or which were held without freehold
L3 This code identifies Anglo-Saxon tenures which were free, where the landholder was said to be able to grant or sell or to hold with jurisdiction
L4 This code identifies Anglo-Saxon tenures which were free, where the landholder was said to be a Freeman, to hold freely, to hold as a free man, or to hold without lordship
L5 This code identifies Anglo-Saxon tenures where the landowner held in freehold
L6 This code identifies Anglo-Saxon tenures where the landowner held jointly
L7 This code identifies Anglo-Saxon tenures where the landowner was said to have held his land as a manor before the Conquest
L9 This code identifies land held in pledge or on a lease
See also codes for legal matters.
For the use of codes in searching the text, see properties and property searching.