<P> Over history, many different forms of land ownership, i.e., ways of owning land, have been established . </P> <P> A landholder / landowner is a holder of the estate in land with considerable rights of ownership or, simply put, an owner of land . </P> <P> Historically in the system of feudalism, the lords who received land directly from the Crown were called tenants - in - chief . They doled out portions of their land to lesser tenants in exchange for services, who in turn divided it among even lesser tenants . This process--that of granting subordinate tenancies--is known as subinfeudation . In this way, all individuals except the monarch were said to hold the land "of" someone else . </P> <P> Historically, it was usual for there to be reciprocal duties between lord and tenant . There were different kinds of tenure to fit various kinds of duties that a tenant might owe to a lord . For instance, a military tenure might be by knight - service, requiring the tenant to supply the lord with a number of armed horsemen . The concept of tenure has since evolved into other forms, such as leases and estates . </P>

Who owned land in the feudalism system of land ownership
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