page_title: Demesne
hierarchical_section_title: Demesne
caption_attribution_description: Plan of a fictional mediaeval manorThe mustard-colored areas are part of the demesne, the hatched areas part of the glebe.
context_page_description: Demesne was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor under the feudal system for his own use and occupation or support. This distinguished it from land sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants.
  In England, royal 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.
context_section_description: Demesne (/dɪˈmeɪn/ di-MAYN) was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor under the feudal system for his own use and occupation or support. This distinguished it from land sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants. 
  In England, royal 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.
caption: Conjectural map of a feudal manor. The mustard-colored areas are part of the demesne, the hatched areas part of the glebe. The manor house, residence of the lord and location of the manorial court, can be seen in the mid-southern part of the manor.
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