Thanes
In later Anglo-Saxon England, a thegn or thane was an aristocrat who ranked at the third level in lay society, below the king and ealdormen. He had to be substantial landowner. Thanage refers to the tenure by which lands were held by a thane as well as the rank.
The term thane was also used in early medieval Scandinavia for a class of retainers, and thane was a title given to local royal officials in medieval eastern Scotland, equivalent in rank to the child of an earl.
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