We lay the night at an inn that must have been at one time a Seigneurial mansion, for it had a noble courtyard.
"Leaves from a Field Note-Book"
J. H. Morgan
The welcome is worthy of the work:-Higelac's reception of Beowulf, the joy of getting him back; Beowulf presenting to his liege lord the wealth he had won; old reminiscences called up and couched in song; an ancient sword brought out and presented to Beowulf, and with the sword a spacious lordship, a noble mansion, and all Seigneurial rights.
"Anglo-Saxon Literature"
John Earle
The Princes of Leiningen and Hohenlohe, the Queen's brother and brother- in-law, were practically dispossessed of Seigneurial rights and lands, and ruined.
"Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, (Victoria) Vol II"
Sarah Tytler