A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.
Land retained by a lord for his own use; royal demesne was the land retained by the king.
Land in private ownership, eg, a manor house and its estate.
land attached to the manor farm.
manorial land possessed by a lord and retained by him for his private use rather than rented out to tenants (from which the modern word, domain, developed). Example
the 'home farm' of the Lord of the Manor (ie. not let out to tenants)
the lord's domain; land that he possesses outright, as opposed to the land that he leases to tenants
land administered directly by the lord and his officials as distinct from that which was let out to others.
Part of the manor held by the lord and not let out to tenants
land owned and administered directly by a monastery; in the case of a secular estate, the portion of land reserved for the lord's own use
The part of the lord's manorial lands reserved for his own use and not allocated to his serfs or freeholder tenants. Serfs work the demesne for a specified numbers of days per week. The demesne may either be scattered among the serfs land, or a separate area, the latter being more common for meadow and orchard lands.
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"
the land in a MANOR held by its LORD and worked by his men for his benefit, or held on lease from him: the later "home farm".
the property held by the lord of the manor himself
The home farm of the lord of the manor, retained by the owner for his own use
the land around a mansion belonging to an estate
Any land retained by a lord for his own use.
Those parts of the land and rights of a manor that the lord retained for himself as distinct from that held by his tenants. In the modern parlance it was equivalent to “the home farm”. In it's widest sense it applied to land held by people other than freehold tenants i.e. villeins or copyhold tenants. In a narrower sense it excluded land held by villeins or copyholders and applied only to land actually used by the lord himself.
this means land which only the earl or lord of the manor used. People in the manor would have to work on this land for him.
French, for domain. A lord's holding for which he owes fealty to a greater lord.
Manors or land in a lord's personal possession, as opposed to those granted to sub-tenants.
Those parts of the land and rights of a manor that the lord retained for himself, as distinct from those used by his tenants. 522.
The feudal concept of demesne (also spelt desmesne; pronounced [dih-MEEN] or [dih-MINE]) is a form of manorial land tenure as conceived in Western Europe, initially in France but exported to areas affected by Norman expansion during the Middle Ages, for example the Kingdoms of Sicily, Scotland, Jerusalem, and England.
