Fief.
In feudal times land held by a vassal by military service or other feudal tenure.
Field Cornet.
An officer charged, under the Landdrost, with the superintendence of military matters in the South African States. See Commando.
Field of Lies.
See Lügenfeld.
Field of Mourning.
The battlefield of Fraga, in Spain, where fell, in 1134, Alfonso I of Aragon, surnamed the Warrior, and famed for his successes against the Moors, whom he expelled from the valley of the Ebro.
Field of the Cloth of Gold.
The meeting place of Henry VIII and Francis I, between Guines and Ardres. This meeting, which took place in 1520, was arranged by Francis with the object of securing the friendship of Henry, and detaching him from the Spanish alliance. A marriage was agreed upon between the Dauphin and Princess Mary of England, but within a very few weeks Henry went back on his word, and gave Charles V an undertaking that he would proceed no further in the matter.