Now Hist. (See also THEGN-LAND.) Land held by a thane, or by military tenure.
a. 1641. Spelman, Feuds & Tenures, viii. For better manifestation that Thanelands were subject to no feudal Service, consider, I pray you, the Words of the Saxon passage before mention’d, where it is said that a Thane must have three Hides at least of his … own Land.
1701. Cowell’s Interpr., Thane-Lands, Lands … granted by Charters of the Saxon Kings to their Thanes.
1809. Bawdwen, Domesday Bk., 370. Ulnod holds one oxgang of the same land in thaneland.
