† vicountilen.adj.
Obsolete.
= vicontiel n. and adj.
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vicontiel1614
vice-countilea1640
shrieval1681
viscountial1751
1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 16 §2 Where divers..soomes of money been respected to..Shirieffes..upon theyre accomptes..of the foresaide fermes and other vicountyles.
1593 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Essex 12 Hertfordshire, in the time of Edw. III, was annexed vnto this shire, as towching vicountile iurisdiction.
1664 Spelman's Gloss. 555/1 Vice~comitalia, vicountiles.
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