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They basically ran the manor. They were responsible for keeping the manor in order.They would run every manor like giving a hummingbird a double shot of expresso.

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A manor house was not a castle. A lady of the manor had nothing to do with a castle. Normally it would have been a baroness or Countess who would be in a castle.

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What did a medieval manor usually consists of?

Farmland, forests, the lord's house or castle, and a peasant village The manor was made up of the castle, the church, the village, and the surrounding farmland.


Did a lord of a medieval manor live in a manor house?

The manor house was the house for the lord of the manor. Usually the lord lived in a manor house, but lords often had more than one manor, and some lords had many. The result was that sometimes the only people who lived in the manor house were the household servants. If the lord was not living in the manor house, it was usually kept ready for him to stay in if he showed up. There were many cases of manors being rented out, and in such a case, the person who rented it lived in the manor house. This normally happened only if the lord of the manor was short of money.


What is feudal order?

manor lord and his vassels and knights and serfs- a social order where agric.work is performed and supervised by landed gentry and protected by castle(s) and knights.


What were the medieval manor jobs?

The medieval manor was a home to some lord, who might have lived there. It was also home to whatever servants and permanent guests the lord might have had there. The servants might have included a steward and household servants, and some of these might have lived in the manor house itself. Also on the manor were a number of people who were laborers, and these would have included tenant farmers and serfs, along with anyone else who might do labor, such as a miller, for example.


What is the center of social and religious life in the middle ages?

ChurchThe centres of Medieval life were the castle or manor of the lord and the church.

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Who lived in manor?

The lord and lady of the area lived in a Manor. A manor was like a stately home with servants and often a hunting ground for the lord. A king would not live in a manor but in a castle ,though, Charles the 1st who was being hunted down to be executed was forced to. a Manor would have all the rooms a castle would have but smaller so this was a good way off for the lord and lady.


What is a castle or manor house?

A castle was a fort, and a manor house was the home of the lord of an estate. They were not the same thing; though a manor house could be fortified, and if it were looked very like a castle; and a castle could be used by the lord of an estate as his home. A castle usually had a curtain wall and a ward or courtyard, and a fortified manor usually did not, and that might distinguish a castle used as a home from a fortified manor house. Oh heck, the difference depended on what the lord called it.


What is medieval lord's estate called?

A lord of the manor is the person who is in-charge of the manor. The manor is basically the plot of land which the king gives the lord in return for his loyalty. The lord and his lady run the manor and live in a castle on the manor. The manor also holds serfs, knights, priests, and bishops, though. This is because many manors in the medieval ages could hold up to 2,000 people!


Where did knights live in castle?

In England the medieval knight lived in a manor house not in the castle. A number of farms supported one manor house. One manor house supported one knight. England had about 6,000 manor houses. It took a number of manors to support a castle. The baron living in the castle might also be a knight. The solders living in the castle were not generally knights.


What is Castle village and land of a lords estate?

The castle, village, and land of a lord's estate were often called Feudal lands. The castle could be called the manor.


What is the head of the manor called?

The title of the head of the manor is; lord or lady.


Where is Wolfsburg Manor from The Boy Who Cried Werewolf?

While the manor in The Boy WHo Cried Werewolf is a creation of the writers there is a Wolfsberg Castle in Germany and a town named after the castle


Workers who owed duties to the lord of the manor?

surfs


What did a medieval manor usually consists of?

Farmland, forests, the lord's house or castle, and a peasant village The manor was made up of the castle, the church, the village, and the surrounding farmland.


What seem to be focal point of the manor?

Castle bc the lord/knight lived there......


Where does the lady in the castle live?

Castle.


What was a typical manor like?

farmland, forests, the lord's house or castle, and a peasant village