The manor was more than a house it was an area or county. People were tied to the manor through birth and relationships.
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The economy of much of the Middle Ages was based very largely on agriculture and the things that could be produced on manors. The manor provided the feudal lord with an income, possibly his only source of income.
The manor was the estate of a feudal lord.
In feudal times, the manor was ruled by the Lord of the Manor.
The Lord of the Manor or the King.
The manor was the estate of a feudal lord.
The Manor, or lord's estate, was the basis of the feudal economy .Everything that people needed was grown or madeon the Manor.
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The manor economy was based around the village, of which there might be many in a large manor
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Stephen David Young holds the feudal title of Lord of Westbury Buckinghamshire.
Stephen David Young holds the feudal title of Lord of waxham Norfolk.
In the feudal system the most powerful person was the monarch. The most important person in the everyday life of the peasants would probably have been the reeve, who supervised their daily work and reported to the manor lord.
The estate of most feudal lords was called a manor. The manor was a large agricultural property worked by peasants who lived on it, usually in a hamlet or village. It might have had a number of features, including a manor house, for the lord and his family, workshops, barns, woodland, pasture, fields, and often a church.