The governor of New France allocated two seigneuries (large self-administered areas similar to feudal fiefs). Free Imperial Cities, principalities, counties, seigneuries, Imperial Abbeys and other clerical territories. Gradually, other French settlements were destroyed and seigneuries were founded. Of these seigneuries, Charles Le Moyne was granted the "Seigneury of Longueuil". The Basques had no uniform legal corpus of laws, which varied between valleys and seigneuries. Later militias were developed on the larger seigneuries land systems. With its mostly undefined borders, it was one of the largest seigneuries. The Sulpicians organized "seigneuries" at the center of the island. List of Seigneuries of New France by order of the first concession. Portneuf County consisted of six former seigneuries. "Seigneuries" could be bought, sold or mortgaged.