Examples of demesne

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Although the land was largely champaign, some demesnes had never lain in common field, or had long ceased to do so.
Among influential factors the fragmentation of manors, retreat from demesnes and a relatively high mobility of property among landlords were important.
Only the names of the demesnes, which were determined by the landowners themselves, presented no concern for the orthography department.
The crown was thus establishing its right, even before the 1155 assembly, of prosecuting violence beyond the frontiers of the demesne.
From the mid-fourteenth century the abbey's manors had been farmed out wholesale including demesne, rent roll and court perquisites.
Requiring parliamentary consent, it involved a levy of one-tenth on property in the royal demesne, towns, and cities, and one-fifteenth elsewhere.
As with the demesne, however, these figures obscure a geographical bias in the evidence.
Of the twenty-four demesne manors, ten were wholly or partly waste, only five had preserved their 1066 value and only one had increased in value.
In these cases the resources and wealth of the manor have been counted with the demesne.
The pipe rolls do not reveal the true extent of demesne alienation.
A different view of royal opportunism can be seen in the confirmation of charters for leading monasteries outside the demesne.
The key complaint in both sets of articles is that lords were engaged in large-scale demesne farming, especially of sheep.
In order to limit his demesne, he lit a fire.
Payments for leases of demesne lands, which were freely negotiated and not protected by custom, provide the clearest picture of conditions.
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