Fief example sentences

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"Fief" Example Sentences

The king granted him the fief of Dover Castle.
He held a small fief from the Duke of Lancaster.
The lord of the fief summoned his knights to arms.
The fief originally belonged to the Duke, but now passed to his son.
The fiefdom came with certain duties and obligations to the king.
His dear uncle had bequeathed him a small fiefdom in Normandy.
She was the lady of the fief and ruled it with an iron fist.
The fief and its revenues now belonged to the Crown.
The knights served their lord in exchange for the gift of the fief.
He faithfully defended the borders of his fief against invasion.
The knight swore homage and allegiance to his liege lord for the fief.
The vassal's primary duty was to aid his lord, particularly within the fief.
The fief was small and poor, but it was his.
As lord of the fief, he collected taxes and administered justice.
The king granted her husband the fiefdom as a reward for his loyal service.
The fief came with its own castle, lands, and peasants.
The minor nobles and knights owed allegiance to the lord of the fief.
He travelled far and wide fighting to defend his liege lord's honor and fief.
Peasants in the fief owed labor and goods to their lord.
The eldest son would inherit the family fief.
The neighboring fiefs were constantly at war.
The fief fell into disrepair under absentee lordship.
The lord's retainers formed the army that defended his fief.
The fief remained under his family's control for centuries.
He gave up his claim to the family fief to join the church.
His father had left him nothing but the small, impoverished fief.
They fought to expand and gain new fiefs from their overlord.
The barons rebelled against the king to preserve their fiefs and privileges.
The fief supported a small castle and a handful of villages.
Over time, his fief grew as he acquired new lands through conquest and marriage.
She courageously led the defense of her family's fief when it was attacked.
The feudal system established fiefs throughout the kingdom.
He ruled justly and fairly over his small fief.
The fief was granted in return for feudal service and taxes.
His lies and trickery gained him a larger fief than he deserved.
The old count bequeathed his precious fief to his faithful servant.
The peasants of the fief provided labor and goods to support the lord.
He longed to return to defend his beloved fief against invaders.
The fiefs later became the basis for counties and shires.
The king revoked the fief as punishment for treachery.
His fief had fallen into ruins by the time it passed to him.
He ruled over his small rural fief with a gentle but firm hand.
The fief became the foundation of a powerful noble house.
She failed to produce a male heir to inherit the family fief.
He coveted his neighbor's larger and more prosperous fief.
The baron was obligated to provide troops and counsel for his king and overlord in exchange for holding his fief.
His lack of an heir cast doubt on the future of the fief.
Their forces joined to conquer neighboring fiefs.
The fiefs in the outer marches were often on the frontiers of war.
He brought much-needed reforms to the administration of his fief.
The fiefs paid tribute and provided taxes and troops to the king.
The kingdom was divided into many fiefs ruled by minor lords.
He reluctantly returned to his small, insignificant fief.
Their forces destroyed crops and burned villages within his fief.
Marriage alliances served to combine two fiefs.
His fief was made a duchy as a reward for valor in battle.
His two sons bitterly quarreled over who would inherit the family fief.
She ruled the fief with wisdom and justice during her husband's long absence.
Minor nobles fought over borders and water rights between their fiefs.
His territory increased to include several adjoining fiefs.