ˈthane-land Now Hist.
(See also thegn-land.) Land held by a thane, or by military tenure.
| a 1641 Spelman Feuds & Tenures viii, For better manifestation that Thanelands were subject to no feudal Service, consider, I pray you, the Words of the Saxon passage before mention'd, where it is said that a Thane must have three Hides at least of his..own Land. 1701 Cowell's Interpr., Thane-Lands, Lands..granted by Charters of the Saxon Kings to their Thanes. 1809 Bawdwen Domesday Bk. 370 Ulnod holds one oxgang of the same land in thaneland. |