Feudal underlings (5)
I believe the answer is:
serfs
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">feudal underlings</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for serfs that I've seen before include "Feudal labourers" , "Persons owned by a feudal lord of old" , "Those made to work" , "Farm labourers of Middle Ages" , "They were bound to work" .)