Answer: subinfeudations

AnswerCrossword Clue
subinfeudationsthe granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant
subinfeudationsSUBINFEUDATION, the sublease of a portion of a feudal estate by a vassal to a tenant who pays fealty to the vassal
subinfeudationsthe tenure established
subinfeudationsthe estate or fief so created