The Clauses in the ” Submissions ” regarding Land
Categories: Ireland
The Clause in the various submissions by which the chiefs agree to hold their lands from the King under certain feudal conditions should be noted; they furnish, in some sort, the key to the whole situation.
We have seen {Book I) that, according to the old Irish system the land of a clan was considered as [...]
The Clause in the various submissions by which the chiefs agree to hold their lands from the King under certain feudal conditions should be noted; they furnish, in some sort, the key to the whole situation. We have seen {Book I) that, according to the old Irish system the land of a clan was considered as fundamentally belonging, in its several portions, to the family groups, which, taken together, constituted the State. The chief's mensal land was ultimately the property of the State ... Read More
