Note 526 — Chapter XI · FOLCLAND. BÓCLAND. LǼNLAND.
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We know that these grants were regulated by the rank and condition of the grantee. Beda, speaking of Benedict Biscop, a young Northumbrian nobleman, says, “Cum esset minister Oswii regis, et possessionem terrae suo gradui competentem, illo donante perciperet,” etc. Vit. Sci. Bened. § 1. (Op. Min. ii. 140.)