A writ which inquired whether the king’s tenant holding in chief by chivalry was of full age to receive his lands. It was directed to the escheater of the county. Now disused. XTHELING. In Saxon law. A noble; generally a prince of the blood.
A writ which inquired whether the king’s tenant holding in chief by chivalry was of full age to receive his lands. It was directed to the escheater of the county. Now disused. XTHELING. In Saxon law. A noble; generally a prince of the blood.