The land you had settled and, the earth that surrounded this location, was a key dynamic involved between all the huddle groups being considered during this window of time. "Seisin" was the word for "legal possession of property". A "messuage" was the house and yard. A "virgate" was the land unit which could support a family. [These were terms that applied during this timeframe.]
Just what right did you have to claim ownership? Now, each team of players had their individual views about such topics! Let's see now.
The Norman French, hereafter generally referred to as the Normans, began their claim on a promise. A single fellow who became known as "The Conqueror" started things off with the intentions and, the stated intent, to follow the last will of a relative named Edward (The Confessor).
The Saxons, hereafter generally called Anglo-Saxons, claimed their rights because of broken promises. Those initial island dwellers failed to keep their "promises made" to pay appropriately for all those helpers who were at first invited to the island. Broken promises to become the cause of our rights.
The "Church" players held their rights by invitation. You come, you preach and, you convert, this will give you the rights to a parish among us. Pasturing and a pasture to be included. What a deal!
The Celtic huddle groups began their rights through the agnostic system. Rights by inheritance through male descent. Lineage to the ninth generation by names please, was the accepted standard for your status as proprietor to land and earth.
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