Obs. Also feman. [f. FEE sb.2 + MAN]. A vassal.
1517. Will of Grigge (Somerset Ho.). One of the Feemen wt our soveraigne Lorde the Kyng.
Hence Feemanly, as befits a vassal. Feemanship, the state or condition of a vassal.
1509. in Walbran, Mem. Fountains Abbey (Surtees Soc.), 233. And also he shall kepe upon the saide graunge, trewly and femanlye, lx kye … His office or service of husbandry and femanshipe.
