(1)家臣；仆役；地方贵族;塞恩
早期在盎格鲁-撒克逊用语中指贵族、武将等的家臣，后用来指地方贵族，分为王室贵族和下级贵族〔King's thegn and inferior thegn〕，他们可能主要是服军役。诺曼征服之后并入骑士之列。

(2)国王的直属封臣

• general debt
• general demurrer
• general denial
• General Dental Council
• general deposit
• general deputy
• general deputy sheriff
• General Development Order
• general disability clause
• generale
• Generale dictum generaliter est interpretandum.
• Generale nihil certum implicat.
• general equitable charge
• general estate
• Generale tantum valet in generalibus, quantum singulare in singulis.
• general exception
• general execution
• general executor
• general eyre
• general fee conditional
• general finding
• general fund
• general guardian
• Generalia praecedunt, specialia sequuntur.
• Generalia specialibus non derogant.