Meaning of paravail | Babel Free

Definitions

At the bottom; lowest (said of feudal tenants).

not-comparable

Examples

“Of the estate adjoining Cottesford the paravail tenants were members of the family who took their name from that village, and were resident in it, de Cotfelde or[…]”

“The inferior, or paravail tenants, held their lands from the barons, and the barons, or mesne lords, were the grantees of the king[…]”

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