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<p>The <b>Freedom of the City</b> (or <b>Borough</b> in some parts of the UK) is connected to the medieval concept of "free status", when city and town charters drew a distinction between <a href="page.php?w=Serfdom">freemen</a> and <a href="page.php?w=Serfdom">vassals</a> of a <a href="page.php?w=feudalism">feudal</a> lord. As such, freemen actually pre-date <a href="page.php?w=municipal_borough">modern boroughs</a>. Early freedom of the boroughs ceremonies had great importance in affirming that the recipient enjoyed privileges such as the right</p><p>
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