verb

• (under the feudal system) give (someone) freehold property or land in exchange for their pledged service.

  ‘he enfeoffed trustees with the lands’

  More example sentences

  • ‘the enfeoffed knights and overlords’
  • ‘Over the next two centuries, knights were enfeoffed with land, becoming more fully involved in landed society and royal administration in the localities.’
  • ‘The other group of knights were the ‘enfeoffed’ knights, who after a period of military service were granted land, and then continued to serve or paid rents or rendered other services to the King.’
  • ‘Roger de Montbegan’s son, John, enfeoffed the second William de Beaumont in land at Whitley.’