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  • Thumbnail for Demesne
    is the land held by the Crown, and ancient demesne is the legal term for the land held by the king at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086. The word...
    9 KB (1,037 words) - 07:04, 7 October 2024
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    Crown land, also known as royal domain, is a territorial area belonging to the monarch, who personifies the Crown. It is the equivalent of an entailed...
    32 KB (3,777 words) - 12:10, 21 November 2024
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    Tenant-in-chief (category Titles in the United Kingdom)
    reverted) to the demesne of the crown until the heir paid a sum of money (a relief), and was then able to take possession (livery of seisin) of the lands. However...
    10 KB (1,283 words) - 07:24, 12 May 2024
  • Wolffe, B. P. (1971). The Royal Demesne in English History: The Crown Estate in the Governance of the Realm from the Conquest to 1509. London: George...
    61 KB (5,838 words) - 07:06, 6 November 2024
  • occupation of the crown alone, that is to say in the royal demesne. This was the basic operation of an escheat ('excadere'), a failure of heirs. Escheat...
    16 KB (2,238 words) - 21:03, 11 September 2024
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    Henley-on-Thames (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
    of Benson with a chapel. The street plan was probably established by the end of the 13th century. As a demesne of the crown it was granted in 1337 to...
    32 KB (3,206 words) - 14:09, 17 November 2024
  • percent of the land as his royal demesne (now the Crown Estate). The rest was given to the Conqueror's companions and other followers. According to the Domesday...
    36 KB (4,176 words) - 05:39, 26 October 2024
  • The crown lands, crown estate, royal domain or (in French) domaine royal (from demesne) of France were the lands, fiefs and rights directly possessed by...
    24 KB (2,883 words) - 04:30, 5 October 2024
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    the treaty would collapse and conflict in Ireland would continue for several centuries. The town of New Windsor, as an ancient demesne of the Crown,...
    39 KB (4,619 words) - 21:53, 19 November 2024
  • richly endowed a nunnery at the Abbey of Haddington" and that "Haddington, as demesne of the Crown, reverted to her son William the Lion upon her death". According...
    10 KB (1,157 words) - 06:29, 22 November 2024
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    Eger (redirect from Names of Eger)
    Turkish families. After the expelling of the Turks, the town was considered by the imperial regiment as a demesne of the Crown. Leopold I re-established...
    45 KB (4,652 words) - 12:35, 21 November 2024
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    Kingsthorpe (category Areas of Northampton)
    was listed in the Domesday Book in 1085 as Torp; at this time it formed part of the demesne of the Crown. This evolved into Thorp during the 12th and 13th...
    19 KB (2,125 words) - 13:54, 19 July 2024
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    increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 201. Ugthorpe was an ancient demesne of the Crown, and is styled in the Domesday book as Ughetorp. The Mauleys became...
    10 KB (961 words) - 11:31, 28 February 2024
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    agricultural work on the demesne. The proportion of the cultivated area in demesne tended to be greater in smaller manors, while the share of villein land was...
    25 KB (3,101 words) - 06:29, 17 September 2024
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    between 872 and 888, the 'clere' possibly meaning 'bright' or 'clearing'. Kingsclere formed part of the ancient demesne of the Crown. In his will King Alfred...
    30 KB (3,251 words) - 14:11, 28 September 2024
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    Carton House (category Houses in the Republic of Ireland)
    surrounding demesne that was the ancestral seat of the Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster for over 700 years. Located 23 km west of Dublin, in Maynooth...
    20 KB (2,284 words) - 11:38, 30 October 2024
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    king claimed the area as the demesne of the Crown and was known for a while as Ripton Regis, a hamlet of Hartford. The prefix "King's" is used to distinguish...
    7 KB (607 words) - 17:56, 13 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
    conveyed a tenth of the royal demesne – the lands of the crown as opposed to the personal property of the sovereign – into the hands of churches, ecclesiastics...
    76 KB (10,690 words) - 20:59, 9 November 2024
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    part of the royal demesne. After the assassination of King Peter I in 1369, there began a series of disputes and long rivalries between John, Duke of Lancaster...
    44 KB (4,603 words) - 21:44, 19 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Philip II of France
    to enrich the French crown, he expelled all Jews from the demesne and confiscated their goods. Philip expelled them from the royal demesne in July 1182...
    53 KB (7,242 words) - 22:49, 14 November 2024
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