The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family.
A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services.
A territorial and jurisdictional holding manerium
specifically, the district over which a lord had domain in medieval western Europe; in general, any landed estate.
usually a village, a fief of a lord
Administrative unit of land over which the lord of a manor had authority
a unit of lordship in which land is divided between that of the lord (demesne) and that held by tenants, for which cash rents and labour services were owed to the lord
the mansion of the lord of the manor
the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)
A landed estate or territorial unit, origin of the nature of a feudal lordship consisting of a lord's demesne (lands reserved for his own use) and of lands within which he has the right to exercise privilages and exact certain fees, etc [England].
a landed estate, usually comprising a DEMESNE and lands held by VILLAGERs, BORDARs, or COTTAGERs and sometimes also FREE MEN, FRENCHMEN, RIDING MEN etc, which could vary in size from part of one village to several villages over a wide area; power over men (and women), ranging from civil to criminal jurisdiction; an estate in land giving authority and prestige; a land title giving superiority and gentility
an estate held by a landlord as tenant of the king. The typical manor contained a village with a church, and agricultural land consisting of large arable fields. A manor could be part of a parish, co-extensive with a parish, or spread over more than one parish.
An estate held by a landlord, who was a tenant of the crown.
Small holding, typically 1200-1800 acres, with its own court and probably its own hall, but not necessarily having a manor house. The manor as a unit of land was generally held by a knight (knight's fee) or managed by a bailiff for some other holder.
An estate consisting the lord's demense and tenant's holdings.
The district over which the court of a Lord of the Manor had authority
manerium, mansio Equivalent to a single holding, with its own court and probably its own hall, but not necessarily a manor house as we think of it. The manor was the basic unit of Domesday.
The house and land belonging to the Lord of the Manor. Sir V. Harpur Crewe Bart. was Lord of the Manor of Boulton in 1895. The title still exists but no longer includes ownership of land.
an estate granted by the sovereign to s subject, usually in return for certain services provided by the lord of the manor and/or his followers.
The granting of land with a demense, peasants and lands considered requisite to sustain a minor noble. The demense was the lord's personal land, providing for their needs, while the land worked by the peasants provided additional income or food consumed by the lord or his retainers.
The Manor House of a lord and the lands attached to it.
1. a small holding, typically 1200-1800 acres, with its own court and probably its own hall, but not necessarily having a manor house; generally held by a knight 2. unit of rural lordship, varying greatly in size
The house of a landed estate.
