Definition of Englishry. Meaning of Englishry. Synonyms of Englishry

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Definition of Englishry

Englishry
Englishry Eng"lish*ry, n. 1. The state or privilege of being an Englishman. [Obs.] --Cowell. 2. A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland. A general massacre of the Englishry. --Macaulay.

Meaning of Englishry from wikipedia

- Englishry or, in Old French, Englescherie, is a legal name given, in medieval England, for the status of a person as an Englishman (i.e., as a commoner...
- fallen out of common use, in particular in the legal phrase Presentment of Englishry (a rule by which a hundred had to prove an unidentified murdered body...
- Landsker Line dividing the Pembrokeshire "Englishry" and "Welshry" is still detectable today. The terms Englishry and Welshry are used similarly about Gower...
- the 12th century, any death by misadventure without a "presentment of Englishry" was sufficient for a jury finding of murder, even in cases where there...
- Anglo-Saxon identity survived beyond the Norman Conquest, came to be known as Englishry under Norman rule, and through social and cultural integration with Romano-British...
- that celebrated Magna Carta, and summoned up a vision of the "stubborn Englishry" determined to defend their rights. In 1996, the following verses of the...
- the forced resettlement of existing po****tions, the establishment of Englishries, and could change the social and ethnic configuration of an area dramatically...
- status once again in the eleventh century after the Norman Conquest, when Englishry came to be the status of the subject indigenous po****tion.[further explanation...
- from the "Anglo-Saxon" race. Albion's Seed Anglosphere British Israelism Englishry Our Island Story White Anglo-Saxon Protestants Kaufman, Will; Macpherson...
- ISBN 978-1-4438-1244-3. Stephens, Charles (2009). The Last of England: Lord Denning's Englishry and the Law. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-1245-0. Stephens...