- Demesne, Royal
- ♦ All land in the realm which had not been put into private hands, and from which the Crown derived rents and other revenues through custodians or "farmers".(Warren, W.L. Henry II, 633)
Medieval glossary. 2014.
Demesne, Royal
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Demesne — The part of the lord s manorial lands reserved for his own use and not allocated to his serfs or freeholder tenants. Serfs worked in the demesne for a specified numbers of days per week. The demesne could either be scattered among the serfs land … Medieval glossary
Demesne, Ancient — 1) Manors, held by the king at the time of the Domesday survey, whose tenants enjoyed special legal rights. (Bennett, Judith M. Women in the Medieval English Countryside, 233) 2) Lands at one time held by the crown. Tenants of the ancient demesne … Medieval glossary
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Domain — The part of the lord s manorial lands reserved for his own use and not allocated to his serfs or freeholder tenants. Serfs worked in the demesne for a specified numbers of days per week. The demesne could either be scattered among the serfs land … Medieval glossary
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Farm — Ferm, firma Latin, feorme Saxon = food rent Fixed sum, usually paid annually, for the right to collect all revenues from land; in effect, rent. Lords could farm land to vassals, receiving a fixed annual rent in place of the normal feudal… … Medieval glossary
Ferm — Ferm, firma Latin, feorme Saxon = food rent Fixed sum, usually paid annually, for the right to collect all revenues from land; in effect, rent. Lords could farm land to vassals, receiving a fixed annual rent in place of the normal feudal… … Medieval glossary
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