Workers who owed duties to the lord of the manor?

They were called serfs.

Feudalism was a social system where the lesser ranks of society owed certain duties directly to their immediate superiors, who owed duties to their immediate superiors and so on up to the king, who was the ultimate superior. At each level, the inferiors also received the benefit of the duties owed to them by their superiors. These rights and responsibilities were hereditary. Thus a peasant, at the lowest level of society, owed a duty of work to the lord of the manor to which he was attached (he was obliged to labour on the fields for the profit of the lord) but the lord owned a corresponding duty of protection to the peasant (he was obliged to defend the manor and its people in case of attack).

Serf's duties... *work the lord's land (the demense) *due a varying number of days labor on the manor of the lord. *Frequently owed military service (not always) *Swear absolute loyalty to the lord *Pay taxes and fees required by the lord *Only leave the manor with the lord's permission {in short, work to keep the manor running} Lord's Duties *Protect his serfs from attack *Settle disputes between serfs *Conduct trials and punish criminals {in short, manage the economic and social aspects of the manor inluding policing and military protection

The manor had a set of rights between a lord and his serfs. The lord provided his serfs with farmland, protection, and housing. In return serfs farmed the lord's lands, and performed other tasks to maintain the estate. All serfs owed the lord certain duties. That included at least a few days of labor each week and a certain portion of their grain.

A Lord was a "Landlord" and he had power over his manor/estates, but owed his power to the king. The king had the ultimate power.

The lord of a manor was the person who owed or controlled it. The manor was an estate that had farm fields, forest, cottages for the peasants who lived there, farm buildings, a nice house called the manor house, and possibly any of a number of other things, among which might be a village, a church, or a mill. The manorial system included relationships between the lord and the peasants, in which each had rights and responsibilities. The peasants had a right to live there, to work there, and to be protected by the lord, but they often did not have the right to move away. The lord had a right to rent for the places where the serfs lived, which came in the form of labor, food they grew (often specifically wheat), or money.

They owed the Lord (landlord) their labor, taxes, and lives. They were a tenant on the land and not the owner of land so what they grew belonged to the landlord. Everything they did they owed to the landlord. They had to get permission to marry, pay a tax when dead, and if they wanted to hunt had to get permission.

A liege was someone who owed a duty of service to a lord in feudal times (middle ages) although it could also mean the lord himself. A liege lord was the lord to whom you owed the service.

In the Middle Ages a peasant was a surf, they were like slaves who were owed by the lord of the manor. Their role was to work on the lord's land as farmers, so that the lord would be rich. Serfs were very poor and didn't have great lives so I feel very sorry for them.

Serfs did not own land. They lived and worked on manors owned by members of the nobility. 2nd answer: That is only partially accurate. Serfs did not own land in the modern sense. But many did have rights to a certain amount of farmland in the field of the manor they resided on. They owed the lord some combination of rents, fees, and labor for this land, but by tradition and practice a serf could not be deprived of the land he held from the lord. Serfs were not slaves. They could not be bought or sold, or forced to leave their holdings. They were not fully free either, as they did owe an amount of labor to their lord, as well as rents and various payments in kind. The lord of the manor did not really "own" the land of the manor either. The lord might hold this land from a greater lord, and in exchange owe military service or money in exchange. Much like the serf, the lord of the manor could not be arbitrarily deprived of his holding, but he had duties and responsibilities regarding it. So for any given piece of land, there were several people who had both some claim and also responsibility relating to that land. There was very little if any "fee simple" property, to use the modern legal term, in the middle ages, meaning property that was clearly owned by one person without outside duties or encumbrances.

A vassal owed allegiance to his lord.

a vassal owed aleigance to his lord

The lord of the manor The lord of the manor was a term which originated with the emergence of feudalism during the Medieval era of the Middle Ages. The feudal system was established in England by the Normans following their victory at the Battle of Hastings. At this time all land in England was claimed by William the Conqueror and distributed amongst Normans as their reward for fighting for William. The seizure of English land and estates was ruthless and only two Englishmen, who had turned traitor, were left with their own land. The estates of land given to the Normans, a fief, became known as Manors. The lord of the manor owed allegiance to the King and his immediate superior. Everyone was expected to pay for the land by providing the following services: Work days - completing any chores required Providing trained soldiers to fight for the King and clothes and weapons for the soldiers The lord of the manor can be described as a Vassal or Liege. The 'Lord of the Manor' was a free man who held land ( a fief ) from a lord to whom he paid homage and swore fealty. A vassal could be a lord of the manor but was also directly subservient to a Noble or the King. The lord of the manor - The lord's land The land owned by the lord of the manor varied in size but were typically between 1200 - 1800 acres. The land belonging to the 'Lord of the Manor' was called his "demesne," or domain which he required to support himself and his retinue. The rest of the land of the Manors were allotted to the peasants who were his tenants. A manor would typically include farming land, forests, common pasture land, a village, a mill, a church and a Manor House. The Manor House was the place of residence of the lord of the manor and his family which was built apart from the village where the peasants lived. The lord of the manor was all powerful over the peasants, holding privileges including Hunting and Judicial rights. The lord of the manor - The Manor House The Manor House was the residential property of the lord of the Manor. It differed from castles in that it was not built for the primary purpose of attack or defence. The Manor House varied in size, according to the wealth of the lord but generally consisted of a Great Hall, solar, kitchen, storerooms and servants quarters. The people who worked for the lord of the manor The lord of the manor was based in the Manor House and from here he conducted the business of the manor. The names and descriptions of the Medieval people who worked for the lord of the manor included the following: Bailiff - A Bailiff was a person of some importance who undertook the management of manors Reeve - A Reeve was a manor official appointed by the lord or elected by the peasants Serf - A serf was another name for a peasant or tennant. Medieval Serfs were peasants who worked his lord's land and paid him certain dues in return for the use of land, the possession (not the ownership) of which was heritable. The dues were usually in the form of labor on the lord's land. Medieval Serfs were expected to work for approximately 3 days each week on the lord's land. Peasant or Villein - A peasant or villein was a low status tenant who worked as an agricultural worker or laborer. A peasant or villein usually cultivated 20-40 acres of land Cottager: A low class peasant with a cottage, but with little or no land who generally worked as a simple laborer Servant: Servants were house peasants who worked in the lord of the manor's house, doing the cooking, cleaning, laundering, and other household chores The Role of the lord of the Manor The role of a lord of the manor was varied. His base was the manor house. From here the lord of the manor would preside over complaints of the people in his manor and oversee the running of his farm lands on the manor. His role also revolved around his Oath of Fealty to his immediate superior, a great noble or even the King. He would be expected to fight and to provide soldiers and arms from his manor. During his absence his role was taken over by his wife, the lady of the manor. The lord of the Manor - Income and Taxes The peasants who worked on the manor paid the lord of the manor certain dues in return for the use of his land. The dues were usually in the form of labor on the lord's land. Medieval Serfs were expected to work for approximately 3 days each week on the land designated to the lord of the manor. Serfs also had to make certain payments, either in money or more often in grain, honey, eggs, or other produce. When Serfs ground the wheat he was obliged to use the lord's mill, and pay the customary charge. These fees were called 'Banalities'. A feudal lord imposed Banalities on his serfs for the use of his mill, oven, wine press, or similar facilities. It sometimes included part of a fish catch or the proceeds from a rabbit warren. In theory the lord of the manor could tax his serfs as heavily and make them work as hard as he pleased. Fines - Cases arising on the lord's manor were tried before him and the vassals whom he called to his assistance in giving justice. Since most wrongs could be atoned for by the payment of a fine, the conduct of justice on a large manor produced a considerable income. These judicial rights were therefore seen as a valuable property by the lord of the manor.

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Generally attractive nuisance liability claims. A claim arising from a child wandering into your pool and hurting itself. Your liability stemming from the theory that the pool was so attractive to the child that you basically invited them onto your property, raising the duty owed level from duties owed to trespassers to duties owed to invitees.

They are similar but peasants are free and owe the land they work. Another difference is that serfs didn't have the same rights as peasants did, serfs had less. They had to pay allegiance to the lord of the area. A serf on the other hand did not pay their "dues" so they are forced to stay on the land, but owed allegiance to the lord of the manor, as an agricultural worker.

Answer A serf was forced to work on their owners land and were not allowed to leave. More Most serfs were agricultural workers. They were not slaves, and were largely free to do what they wanted. In many places, their work was supervised by reeves, who also serfs, elected by the serfs to organize their labor, assign fields to each serf, and represent them to the lord and the lord to them. They owed the landlord rent, in the form of a part of their crop, labor, or money, and were legally not allowed to move away from the manor. Their landlord was obliged to give them a place to live, fields to farm, and protection in exchange; the landlord was legally obliged to allow them to live on the manor. Please see the link below to the related question, "What was a serf's life like?" There are a number of links at that question to resource sites.

Serfs were bound to the land, but they were not sold like slaves. A serf lived on a manor, and was not permitted to move away from the manor except with the agreement of the lord of that manor. But that was the extent of the serf's lack of freedom. The serf owed a portion of the crop, or the value of it, to the lord, which is how the lord got his income. In exchange for this, the lord provided the serf with a place to live on the manor, land to work, and protection. The lord was really as much bound as the serf was. Not only could he not sell the serf, he could not evict him from his property and was bound to protect him. The serf had a right to be on the property and to farm it. If the lord sold the property, neither he nor the new owner could force the serf off the land. The serf could run away if he wanted to, and many did. If he was gone for a year, he was considered free. The reason more serfs did not run away was not fear of the law or of retribution so much as the loss of the right to live and farm on the land and the security that provided. In the end, the lords went through a phase after the Black Death when many found it necessary to steal serfs from others in order to make up for losses of workers. When this happened, a large number of serfs became free. But also important was the fact that the lords wanted to make more money, and having serfs who had a right to farm limited the flexibility of the lord in management of the property.

There are very possibly societies where duties are owed by a family, but Western society of today is not one of them. A family is not considered a unit which owes duties or gets rewards, only the individuals in it. In particular, in our society, we do not have a concept of "filial duty" owed by children to their parents, only "parental duties" owed by parents to their children, and these duties are the same, no matter how many parents a child has (with divorce and step-parents, it could be as many as four): the parent has the duty to feed and clothe the child, to provide for his or her every want, to provide educational opportunities, and supervised recreation, and to keep the child safe from every possible situation where he or she might be harmed or hurt.

If the accident was your fault, the other party's insurer has no duties owed you.

Land ownership was very different in the middle ages than it is today. Most property in the modern world is "fee simple", meaning it is clearly owned by a single party. Land in the middle ages was very rarely fee simple. There was a number of people who had rights and obligations related to any particular piece of land. The fields of a given village in theory belonged to a great feudal lord. They might have been in turn given to a lesser lord, who became the vassal of the greater lord. This process might be repeated more than once. Some of the fields of the village were held directly by the lord of the manor, others were in turn held by peasant farmers who owed a combination of rents, fees, and labor for the right to posses these fields. The fields of a landlord would be worked by a combination of the the peasants who owed labor for their own land and hired labor as well.

There are a number of different positions that fit this question. A steward would be appointed by the lord of a manor to represent his interests and manage his affairs and his household when he was not in residence. A bailiff could also be appointed by the lord. The bailiff was responsible for overseeing agricultural work on the lords behalf, possibly was responsible for collecting rents, etc. Bailiff can be a somewhat confusing term, it can be used in a more general way to mean an appointed official of various sorts. Sheriffs and mayors were also considered "bailiffs". There were also reeves, who were officials chosen by the residence of the village instead of the lord, who were responsible for overseeing the collective agricultural work of the village, be it the labor obligations owed to the lord or work such as plowing that by agreement was done cooperatively.

vassals often owed loyalty to more than one lord.

A fief was the land granted by a lord to his vassal. The vassal owned a number of things in exchange, but most importantly military service, or funds adequate to hire others to do such service. A fief could vary greatly in size. It might be a single manor, or vast amounts of land, or anywhere in between. Major landholders could then in turn take vassals of their own, granting some of their holdings as fief to a more minor lord. A manor is the basic unit of landholding among the aristocracy under the feudal system. Generally, one manor was comprised of the lands of one village, but in some cases a manor might be comprised of several small villages, or in rare cases a village might be divided between two manors. Essentially a manor was the amount of holdings needed to support a knight for military activity, as well as to support his family, servants, and other employees. The lord of the manor derived income from a number of sources. Some of the village lands he held directly, and these were worked by the serfs who owed the lord labor, often supplemented by hired hands as well. These lands provided both food and cash crops for the lord, his family, and their servants and retainers. The remaining lands of the village were held by peasants, both serf and free, but the lord received an annual rent for these lands, as well as small payments in goods or services. For example, a particular peasant might own a certain amount of firewood, or a chicken to be delivered upon a given date each year, etc. In additional, the lord might generate income from various fees. Often essential services such as the village mill, or one or more village ovens, were owned by the lord, and held as legal monopolies. Villagers paid fees for their use.

Yes, if you owe rent the landlord can continue to pursue you for the debt.