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Land Tenure & Law
Latin / Old English
Libertas / Freols (Immunity & Privilege)
Lat. libertas ('freedom, immunity') / OE frēols ('liberty, franchise')
A royal exemption freeing an estate and its tenantry from public fiscal burdens, royal hospitality (*pastus* / *feorm*), secular labor dues, tolls on ships, and entry by royal reeves (*praepositi*).
Great monasteries like Canterbury, Worcester, and Glastonbury treasured these immunities as the financial foundation of their autonomy.
“…ut libera sit ab omni publico tributo et vectigali ac pastu regis et principum…”
S 24 — Privilege of Wihtred of Kent
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