Serf children wore mostly rags. Girl serf child have their hair in a high ponytail to keep it out of thereface. Boys probably had their hair normal, but still had to brush their hair.
In a feudal system, a serf would remain a serf no matter how hard they were to work.
Your question is not entirely correct in its premise; a serf is not a slave and does not have an owner. A serf is a subject of a land owner whom the serf would address as lord.
The serf wouldn't lose nothing because they were slaves , and they didn't have nothing .
A serf would ultimately report to the ruler of the nation, below that it would be any of the ruler's appointed leaders of the county the serf lived in, as well as tax collectors. They were controlled by anyone that could show a level of authority from the King or Queen.
They would be a serf.
The serf worked tirelessly in the fields for his lord, without hope of escaping his feudal obligations.
Serfs ate barley. They made bread out of barley. They ate the fruit that grew nearby and they also made cheese and pottage made from barley. They drank ale, a beer. (made from barley) A serf's breakfast would be at sunrise. A serf's lunch would be while he is working at about noon, it consisted bread, cheese, and ale. A serf's supper would be eaten at sunset and consist vegetable pottage. A Serf's bread was dark and heavy. A serf ate it with vegetables, milk, nuts, and fruits. Sometimes they added eggs. Serfs sometimes had meat during Christmas.
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If a lord gave a knight land with serfs on it the serfs would take care of it and if the knight moved the serfs wouldn't. Once you are a serf you can't go back neither can your family. So your children and their children and their children and so on have to be a serf. So to answer your question: A serf stayed with the land. I also gave you a definition on a serf. And there is a bunch of sentences with serfs in them above.
A serf could quit there job, but they would have to escape and remain away from there lords land for one year. Then they would be free and were a average day peasant's.
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