Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Conquest and control.
Lesser nobles or knights who held land from a tenant-in-chief rather than directly from the King.
Under-tenants appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The Norman Conquest (1065–1087), especially Conquest and control and Domesday Book.
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