have a long and contentious history in Europe. It was legally abolished in Britain in 1922. See also Copyhold (the manorial law relating to heriot). Anglo-Saxon weaponry References Abels, Richard. Lordship and Military Obligation in Anglo-Saxon England. London, 1988. Abels, Richard. "Heriot." The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England, ed. Michael Lapidge et al. Oxford: Blackwell: 1999. 235–6. Stafford, Pauline. "King and kin, Lord and Community." In Gender, Family and the Legitimation of Power. External links Canute, King of the English: On Heriots and Reliefs, c. 1016-1035 Feudalism in England Serfdom