The villeins had not won their freedom this time but had changed history and themselves forever, and within 50 years villeinage had disappeared from England forever. |
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So long as villeinage had importance, the courts reinforced status by requiring some labour services over and above that fixed by custom and practice. |
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On the 14th Richard agreed to the demands, which included a general pardon, abolition of villeinage, liberty to trade and the fixing of land rent at four pence per acre. |
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