"The word 'bachelor,' from whence has come 'bachelier,' does
not signify 'bas chevalier,' but a knight who has not the
number of 'bachelles' of land requisite to display a banner:
that is to say, four 'bachelles.' The 'bachelle' was composed
of ten 'maz,' or 'meix' (farms or domains), each of which
contained a sufficiency of land for the work of two oxen
during a whole year."
_J. Froissart,
Chronicles (translated by Johnes),
book 1, chapter 61, foot-note (volume 1)._
ALSO IN:
_Sir W. Scott,
Essay on Chivalry_
_R. T. Hampson,
Origines Patriciœ,
page 338._
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