Marchers. Hist. Lords who lived on the borders of Scotland and Wales, and operated, with the permission of the English sovereigns, under their own private laws. • The laws were eventually abolished by the statute 27 Hen. 8, ch. 26. — Also termed Lords Marchers. “Thus the Lords Marchers were practically independent potentates of a […]
Hist. Lords who lived on the borders of Scotland and Wales, and operated, with the permission of the English sovereigns, under their own private laws. • The laws were eventually abolished by the statute 27 Hen. 8, ch. 26. — Also termed Lords Marchers.
marchers n. (1)(英格兰古法)边境领主 居于威尔士或苏格兰与英格兰接壤的边境地区的贵族，他们制定并执行自己的私家法律，俨然是土皇帝，此类统治特权于1535年亨利八世时被废除。又称「lords marchers」。 (2)行军者；行进者；请愿者；游行者