Lords of the Manors

Life in medieval England

Who are the Lords of the Manors?
The 'Lord of the Manor' was a free man who held land ( a fief ) from a
Noble or King to whom he paid homage and swore fealty.
Role of the Lord of the Manor
Oversee the running of his farm lands on the manor.
Settle any disputes in his fief or adjudicate the matter.
Upholding his “Oath of Fealty” to the king and his Liege by:
Paying taxes to his Overlords in coins or materials
Serving in Milittary Campaigns and provide men, weapons, and
armor to the King.
Protect the fief and his tenants from bandits and criminals.
Maintaining the infrastructure of the fief.
Rights and Authority of the Lord of the
Manor
• The rights to
Manoria establish and
l Rights occupy a
residence Taxing
Judicial Power
Disinheritance Power
Power
• The right to grant
Seignor or draw benefit
y Rights from the
remainder
The Fief The Demense
The Manor
The Fief

The Church

The Mill
The Village
The Peasants
The Manor Solar

Exterior:
Interior:
Great Hall

Pantry Kitchen Storeroom

Buttery
Daily Activities of a Lord
Working Learning
• Overseeing his tenants or peasants • Learning to rule by reading Latin
to make sure that they were manuscripts
producing crops and paying to • Learning to fight: Practice
him his share of the harvest. archery, sword fighting, and riding
• Accounting the game and fish on giant warhorses.
harvested on the manor.
• Manage, breed, separate, butcher
and treat any livestock he owned
• Purchasing material needed for
the manor
Diet of a Lord and His Family
Breakfast This was eaten between 6 and 7 in the morning. It
was a leisurely affair. A lord might have white
bread; three meat dishes; three fish dishes (more
fish on a saint’s day) and wine or ale to drink.
Dinner This was eaten between 11 in the morning and 2 in the
afternoon. A lord would usually have three courses.
There would be meat and fish on offer with wine and
ale. It is likely that only small parts from each dish
were eaten with the rest meant to be thrown away.
Supper This was eaten between 6 and 7 in the evening. It
would be very similar to the dinner but with slightly
more unusual dishes such as pigeon pie, woodcock and
sturgeon. Wine and ale would also be available.
Income of a Lord
Taxing Judicial Disinheritence
Power Power Power

Banalites Due
Possessions of
Fines the Dead
Forced
Money
Facilities
Usage
Forced
Labour

Other
Products
 Lord’s Clothing
1. Head: A person's rank or social position was
determined by the head-dress. The cap was
made of velvet for persons of rank
• Some caps had a point at the top, to which
a long streamer was attached, and the peak
turned up in front
2. Body: A robe fastened round the waist, and
having long bands attached to the sleeves near
the wrists.
3. Back: A long cloak which descended to the
instep
4. Feet: Closed shoes, which had then begun to
be made pointed , and his belt has no hangings
in front
5. Hair: Cut short.
Leisure Activities of a Lord
Falconry

Chess

Songs
Hunting
Hygiene
For answering nature call, the nobles used the Garderobe. The
room has a bench with a hole in the middle. Droppings will fall
directly down to a pit/river bellow

To cleanse themselves,
the Lords and their
families use Linen
towel to wipe their
bodies. Wealthy Lord
can even have a heated
tube to bath in

Garderobe Over all, Sanitization and Hygiene are still lacking, causing
deadly plagues like Bulbonic Plague to kill millions
 Hangman

What are the sport of a Lord

that involve horses?

J O U S T I N G

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 Joutsing
Jousting is a martial game or hastilude between two horseriders wielding lances with
blunted tips, often as part of a tournament. The primary aim was to replicate a clash of
heavy cavalry, with each participant trying hard to strike the opponent while riding
towards him at high speed, breaking the lance on the opponent's shield or jousting armour
if possible, or unhorsing him. The joust became an iconic characteristic of the knight in
Romantic medievalism. The participants experience close to three and a quarter times
their body weight in G-forces when the lances collide with their armour.
 Hangman

What is the disease that almost

wiped out Europe?

B U B O N I C P L A G U E

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 Bubonic plague
 The plague was the cause of the Black Death that
swept through Asia, Europe, and Africa in the 14th
century and killed an estimated 50 million people.
This was about 25% to 60% of the European
population. Because the plague killed so many of
the working population, wages rose due to the
demand for labor. Some historians see this as a
turning point in European economic development.
The disease was also responsible for the Plague of
Justinian, originating in the Eastern Roman Empire
in the 6th century CE, as well as the third
epidemic, affecting China, Mongolia, and India,
originating in the Yunnan Province in 1855. The
term bubonic is derived from the Greek word
βουβών, meaning "groin".
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