See also:

• VAVASSOR (Med. Lat. valvassor, vasvassor; Fr. vavassour, vavassor, vasseur, &c.)

VAVASSOR (Med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. valvassor, vasvassor; Fr. vavassour, vavassor, vasseur, &c.)  , in its most See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general sense a mediate See also:

• VASSAL (Fr. vassal, vassaut, vassault, &c,)

vassal, i.e. one holding a See also:

• FIEF

fief under a vassal . The word was, however, applied at various times to the most diverse ranks in the feudal See also:

• HIERARCHY (Gr. iepos, holy, and apxe.v, to rule)

hierarchy, being used practically as the synonym of vassal . Thus tenants-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the See also:

• CROWN

crown are described by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

Emperor See also:

• CONRAD (d. 955)
• CONRAD, JOSEPH (1856– )
• CONRAD, or KONRAD (M. H. Ger. Kuonrdl, i.e. " keen in counsel," Lat. Conradus, It. Corrado, cf. the A.S. Ccenred)

Conrad (Lax Lamgob. See also:

• LIB

lib. iii. tit . 8, § 4) as valvassores majores as distinguished from mediate tenants, valvassores minores . Gradually the See also:

• TERM

term without qualification was found convenient for describing sub-vassals, tenants-in-chief being called capitaneior bermes (see See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON); Its implication, however, still varied in different places and times . See also:

• BRACTON, HENRY DE (d. 1268)

Bracton (lib. i. cap . 8, § 2) ranks the magnates seu valvassores between barons and knights; for him they are " men of See also:

• GREAT

great dignity," and in this See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order they are found in a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry II . (1166) . But in the regestum of See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus (fol . 158) we find that five vavassors are reckoned as the See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent of one See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight . Finally, Du Cange quotes two charters, one of 1187, another of 1349, in which vavassors are clearly distinguished from nobles . The derivation of the word See also:

• VAVASSOR (Med. Lat. valvassor, vasvassor; Fr. vavassour, vavassor, vasseur, &c.)

vavassor is very obscure .

The fanciful See also:

• INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

interpretation of Bracton, vas sortitum ad valetudinem (a See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel chosen to See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour), may be at once rejected . Others would derive it from tarsal ad valves (at the folding-doors, valvae), i.e. servants of the royal antechamber . Du Cange, with more See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, regards it merely as an obscure variant of vassus . (W . A .