Here are the results for the letter v

VALETTUS
A term designating social status: translated as yeoman.

VASSEL
A feudal tenant, bound to his superior by oath, and responsible for military service on the superior's behalf.

VESTRY
Administrative group within a parish; the ruling body of a church.

VIDUA
A widow.

VIDUUS
A widower.

VIEW OF ACCOUNT
At Easter (term 19 August to 22 April) when the sheriffs and other revenue collectors made their proffers at the exchequer, they rendered not a full accounting but only a reckoning. The revenue officials would bring a roll of Particulars (Particule Compoti) and It was from this half yearly roll that a proper account would be drawn up by the officers of the lower receipt. At Michaelmas (term 8 April to 1 October) the full audit, the total amounts paid in and entered on the revenue roll would be submitted for the quietus est, the final discharge for that year.

VINCINITATE
Neighboring area

VIRGO
Used to describe an unmarried woman in English and European marriage records.

VITAL RECORDS
Vital records are more generally considered to be birth, marriage, and death records.

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