Manors
The lords land was called his demesne or domain which he required to support himself and his retinue. the rest of the manors were allotted to the peasants who were his tenants. A peasants, instead of having his land in one compact mass, he had it split up in to a large number of small strips scatted over the manor.The lords of the manors exercised certain right including hunting and judicial rights. The workers of the manor are the vassal, bailiff,reeve,serf, peasant,and cottager.The peasants of the manor lived in wattle and daub huts. The poverty of such dwelling was a sign as to where these people were on the social scale and their standing in the feudal system.All lords would seek to impress other members of the noblitiy and the grander the manor the more self important a lord might feel. even the entrance to the manor was designed to make a statement of importance.
A manor was the district over which a lord gad domain and could exercise rights and privileges in medieval England. A typical manor would include a manor house.The lords who occupied his manor would invariably build a manor house for his wife and family. Manors which were not occupied by the lord were managed on his behalf by a bailiff.Most manors were owned by wealthy medieval englands, those who were at or near the top of the feudal system. Few original medieval manor houses still exist as many manor houses were built onto over the next centuries.All those who worked on the manor slept in the great hall reckoned to be as many as 100 at penshurst in medieval times except for the lords and his family who retired to the solar at night.
The lords land was called his demesne or domain which he required to support himself and his retinue. the rest of the manors were allotted to the peasants who were his tenants. A peasants, instead of having his land in one compact mass, he had it split up in to a large number of small strips scatted over the manor.The lords of the manors exercised certain right including hunting and judicial rights. The workers of the manor are the vassal, bailiff,reeve,serf, peasant,and cottager.The peasants of the manor lived in wattle and daub huts. The poverty of such dwelling was a sign as to where these people were on the social scale and their standing in the feudal system.All lords would seek to impress other members of the noblitiy and the grander the manor the more self important a lord might feel. even the entrance to the manor was designed to make a statement of importance.
A manor was the district over which a lord gad domain and could exercise rights and privileges in medieval England. A typical manor would include a manor house.The lords who occupied his manor would invariably build a manor house for his wife and family. Manors which were not occupied by the lord were managed on his behalf by a bailiff.Most manors were owned by wealthy medieval englands, those who were at or near the top of the feudal system. Few original medieval manor houses still exist as many manor houses were built onto over the next centuries.All those who worked on the manor slept in the great hall reckoned to be as many as 100 at penshurst in medieval times except for the lords and his family who retired to the solar at night.