They held large fiefs, and great political influence.

The king personally held several fiefs incorporated into the royal domain, that varied from king to king.

It ordered all those who held fiefs in Kyūshū to resist any Mongol Invasions.

They held fiefs in south and central Georgia and, at times, governed the newly conquered north Armenian districts on behalf of the crown.

For example, in the sergenterie of Saint-Lo, all those who had held fiefs in 1417 remained in 1426.

As a member of the ducal family, he held several fiefs in Southern Denmark.

In 1135 the conflict between the bishop and his ministers was arbitrated, and sergeants who held fiefs were assured that their offices were hereditary.

Bishops and abbots held important fiefs from princes and therefore could not take up their administration without their consent.

Various noblemen held fiefs in Dichtelbach.

Simulataneously the Mirza's, a group of Akbar's distant cousins who held important fiefs near Agra, had also risen up in rebellion.