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Though far less emotionally wrought than that of his wife, Adalard's testimony nonetheless reveals his anxiety, mainly through physical action, through his exertions to find his daughter and to punish the alleged kidnappers. 105 The father searched for his daughter at night with several friends, after the bailli told him to return when he had found something.
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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Englishman, as jealous as a tiger, a nabob; I called him a nabot, a dwarf, for he was not so big as le bailli de Ferrette.
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The royal _bailli_ or seneschal (no real difference existed between the two offices, the names merely changing according to the district), was for long the king's principal representative in the provinces, [v. 03 p. 0219] and the
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The bailli made confession very peacefully, and died an hour afterwards.
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The ancient bailiff or _bailli d'épée_ still existed, however; the judgments in the tribunal of the bailliage were delivered in his name, and he was responsible for their execution.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Meanwhile the tyranny of the duke's lieutenant Peter von Hagenbach, who was established at Ferrette as governor (_grand bailli_ or _Landvogt_) of Upper
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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A Vice-bailli of Alencon had just lost a trial, in which, apparently, his honour, or his property, was much interested.
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The Vice-bailli then asked him for a revision of the verdict.
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M. Crapelet, with this title: {404} "Poésies morales et historiques d'Eustache Deschamps, écuyer, huissier d'armes des rois Charles V. et Charles VI., chatelain de Fismes et bailli de Senlis."
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While he was getting in; the unhappy bailli said there was a shorter way of escaping from trouble, and stabbed himself twice with a poniard.
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