Heritage Family History

English: status name for someone who inherited land from an ancestor rather than by feudal gift from an overlord.

From Middle English heritage, Old French eritage means ‘property, especially land, which devolves by right of inheritance’.

This term is derived from Late Latin heritagium, which comes from heres, meaning ‘heir’.

The concept emphasizes the legitimacy of inheritance over feudal obligations.

It highlights the importance of ancestral lineage in property rights within historical contexts.