| In theory all freemen of Anglo-Saxon England were under an obligation to serve in the fyrd when called upon. |
| Although Norwich's custumal prohibited serfs from becoming freemen, it may be doubted that a thorough enquiry was made of the background of each applicant. |
| Slavery laws maintained rigid social roles for blacks and whites as bondsmen and freemen. |
| In Austria there were major and minor nobles, small farmers who were freemen, indentured farmers and serfs. |
| Above the serfs were the Villeins, freemen who were tied to their lord's land, equivalent to the Saxon gebur. |
| I believe that peasants should be bound to the land as unfree thralls who do the bidding of the freemen without question. |
