lords of the manor
Feudal property holders
Lords of the manor were landholders in the feudal system of medieval England who held authority over a manor and its tenants.
The lord collected rents, administered local justice, and controlled resources like forests and mills.
Though the feudal system has long dissolved, the title persists in British property law as a largely ceremonial designation that can still be bought and sold.
He purchased the title of lord of the manor at auction.
- castleFortified medieval residence
- villeinageFeudal tenant bondage
- tenant farmerOne who leases farmland
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
noble title · seigniory · estate · serfdom · hereditary · tenantry · vassalage · court baron · primogeniture · bailiff · seneschal · fiefdom · steward · reeve · feudal rights · homage · quit-rent · feudal system
lords of the manorcommoners
Ordinary citizens, untitled
the masses · the poor · working class · lower orders · servants
lords of the manortenant farmers
Agriculturalists renting land
sharecroppers · indentured servants · hired hands · farm workers · working poor
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