Vavasour

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A vavasour, (also vavasor, Old French vavassor, vavassour, French vavasseur, LL. vavassor, probably from vassus vassorum "vassal of the vassals") is a term in Feudal law. A vavasour was the vassal or tenant of a baron, one who held their tenancy under a baron, and who also had tenants under him. Alternative spellings include: vavasour, vavassor, valvasor.

[edit] References

• Vavasours subdivide again to vassals, exchanging land and cattle, human or otherwise, against fealty. - Motley.
• Also used as a Christian name (Colonel Vavasour Devorax) in the novel "A Crowning Mercy" by Bernard Cornwell and Susannah Kells (aka Judy Cornwell).

[edit] See also

• Feu
• Vavassor

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