1titlestatusthegn or thane, lord holding lands directly from the King:
(
c.1150;
MS: s.xii3/3
) La were del thein: .xx. lib. en merchenelahe, .xxv. lib. en westsexenelahe
297.8
(
1272-1327
) [...] laquel terre fu lessé a ferme a vostre thayne de Balhelni
i 471
thaine (c.1150)