You do not specify whether you are referring to the seigneurial system in general or the seigneurial system of New France.
The seigneurial system was located all over kingdoms of Europe. Another term for this is system is manorial system .Seigneur is the French for lord of the manor. These were barons who owned most of the land at the local level.
Political, legal and economic power was vested in the lord of the manor. Economically this was based of the lords' landholdings in a manor (or fief). Peasants were required to offer certain amounts of labour services (corvee labour) on these holdings. Tributes in kind (mostly livestock) were also required. Some of the lord's land was rented. Originally rent came in the form of sharecropping in which the peasants had to give the lords a share of their harvest. Then payments in cash became common. This applied to all peasants who came under the lord's jurisdiction. For a long time the peasants were the serfs of the lord and were not allowed to leave the jurisdiction. However, manorialism outlasted serfdom and feudalism.
The seigneurial system of New France refers to the application manorial system in New France, the French colonies in North America: Quebec in Canada and the American Midwest. The Company of New France was given vast land grants and extensive trade rights in exchange for bringing 4,000 settlers to America. It was located all over the vast French possessions. However, migration to New France was very low, which limited the effectiveness of the system, the amount of land which could be rented out and the economy of the colony.
Under the feudal system, a piece of land granted by the king to a lord or other noble was known as a fief. The noble would then tithe a portion of the income from the land to the king.
A peasant who is bound to land is a serf, while a fief is an estate granted to a vassal.
A piece of land granted by one lord to another was called a
The king who granted land to his nobles to keep for him. He could take it back at anytime.
A lord provided a vassal with a fief-a piece of land, and in exchange the vassal plowed the land and took care of it, getting a portion of the agriculture for his and his own family´s support, and a place to live. So basically land to live in and own support in exchange for serving the Lord
encomienda system
The old system of New France where seigneurs, or lords were granted parcels of land by France.
Lands were granted in exchange for loyalty and support.
The poor, underclass farmers living under the feudal system were called 'serfs' in French. The system itself was called 'servage', and tended to use that underclass as near-slaves. The common noun for farmers or people tending land is 'paysan' meaning countryman, farmer.
land was granted to peasants from the kings to farm the land
It was in exchange for an oath of loyalty.
Here are some answeres 1 The structure of the Feudal System involved the chuch at every stage 2 The church was granted 1/4 of the land in England by the King = power and money 3 The church granted people land then conrtolled their lives.
Church land granted to clergymen is referred to as a glebe.
nova net answer an oath of loyalty
the chief who granted land to the first colonist was Tomochichi
Under the feudal system, a piece of land granted by the king to a lord or other noble was known as a fief. The noble would then tithe a portion of the income from the land to the king.
Charles I was the English king who granted land to Maryland. Charles was later executed in 1649 after a struggle with Parliament.