Who worked in a manor?

Answer 1

The peasant and his family, of course.

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In most places, for most peasants, the house was occupied by an immediate family.

In many parts of Europe, peasant families were able to have servants living with them. These were usually young people who had moved away from their families and had not yet started their own. Calling them servants might make the families they lived with sound to modern people much more important or wealthy than they were. They could have servants and still be rather poor. Possibly the house also had the chickens in it during the winter.

In many places, the peasant houses were what is called long houses. In these, there were often several peasant families living together, often together with other people who were single and not part of families. The long houses were big enough that very often people lived at one end, animals were kept at the other, and there were large storage areas for grain and other foods. The long houses were most common in northern Germany, Holland, and Britain, though oddly, more among British Celts than Anglo Saxons.

There is a link to a related question on what serfs houses were like below.

Answer 2

The people who lived in the manor houses included the lords and their families, if they happened to be in residence, rather than at some other manor. Also, there were a number of servants typically at the house, which could include the steward, the housekeeper, and a variety of others, depending on the size and importance of the manor.

Less important servants who worked in the manor might or might not have lived there, and these included everyone from cooks to maids to game keepers. If they did not actually live in the manor, they lived in simple homes nearby.

Answer 3

The manor was an estate that included a lord, the lord's family, various servants, and a number of farmers with their families. The farmers had their own cottages, and farmed the land of the manner according to local custom. A manner could include a village, with a group of villagers, who might be of any of the simpler trades and crafts. There was likely to be a church on a manor, of there were enough people to support one, and there might be a priest at the church. Other people, such as guests, lesser knights and ladies, and so on could also be present, depending on how large the manor was.

Answer 4

In historical contexts, manors were typically owned by wealthy landowners or nobility and managed by estate stewards and servants. Various individuals would have worked in a manor, including butlers, maids, gardeners, stable hands, cooks, and other domestic staff to ensure the smooth running of the estate.

Answer 5

A person who works in a manor is called a philapenis

Answer 6

the lord, nobelwomen, knights, serfs, any peasants who wanted to work on the manor