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Demesne
Demesne meaning
A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use. | A region or area; a domain.
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Typically, demesne accounted for roughly a third of the arable area, and villein holdings rather more; but some manors consisted solely of demesne, others solely of peasant holdings.
Police were called at about 1.50pm to reports of a man with a weapon threatening people on Demesne Road.
Each county's list opened with the king's demesne lands (which had possibly been the subject of separate inquiry).
In April 1182, partially to enrich the French crown, Philip expelled all Jews from the demesne and confiscated their goods.
Seventeen of the thirty-nine municipalities of the royal demesne answered the call for militia : * Arras sent 1,000 men.
Sub-letting of villein holdings was common, and labour on the demesne might be commuted into an additional money payment, as happened increasingly from the 13th century.
The main source of funding for Philip's army was from the royal demesne.
The proportion of unfree and free tenures could likewise vary greatly, with more or less reliance on wage labour for agricultural work on the demesne.
The royal demesne was the crown's folkland, whereas the king's bookland was his own personal property which he could leave by will as he chose.
This situation sometimes led to replacement by cash payments or their equivalents in kind of the demesne labour obligations of those peasants living furthest from the lord's estate.
Within the Tyrant's Demesne.