The princes who lived upon the worst terms with their barons, seem accordingly to have been the most liberal in grants of this kind to their burghs. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
One of the brightest jewels in the British crown, wrung from his Majesty by the barons, I believe, Mr. Jinks? 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
They are supposed to have belonged to some of the marauding Barons of Holdernesse in the Middle Ages. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯归来记.