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The lowest ranking nobleman and commissioned army officer was the knight on horseback.


Instead of being supported by taxes, army officers, who were also the nobility, were supported by owning tracts of land.


Since the lowest ranking officer was the knight he owned the smallest estate. The serfs reported directly to him. He collected their taxes.


He built a house called The Manor House. England had about 6,000 manor houses.


He sent taxes to his overlord. In Europe the Manors were contiguous. When William conquered England he set up a different system. His Lords were over non-contiguous manors. That way no lord could set up his own army.


So the manor house came into being with the adoption of the feudal system and the breakdown of the Roman Empire.

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