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Deanery
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unit of ecclesiastical administration consisting of a group of parishes under the oversight of a rural dean.
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Demesne
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land within a manor allocated to the lord for his own use.
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Domain
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all the land pertaining to a manor.
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Dower
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widow's right to hold a proportion (normally one-third) of her deceased husband's land for the rest of her life.
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Dowry
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land or money handed over with the bride at marriage.
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Enfeoff
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to grant land as a fief.
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Engross
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to amalgamate holdings or farms.
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Farm
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in medieval usage, a fixed sum paid for leasing land, a farmer therefore being the lessee.
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Fealty
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an oath of fidelity sworn by a new tenant to the lord in recognition of his obligations.
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Fee/Fief
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hereditary land held from a superior lord in return for homage and often, military service.
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Fine
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money payment to the lord to obtain a specific concession.
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Forest
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a Crown or Palatinate hunting preserve consisting of land subject to Forest Law, which aimed to preserve game.
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Free chase
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a forest belonging to a private landholder.
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Freehold
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a tenure by which property is held "for ever", in that it is free to descend to the tenant's heirs or assigns without being subject to the will of the lord or the customs of the manor.
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Free tenure
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tenure or status that denoted greater freedom of time and action than, say, customary tenure or status, a freeman was entitled to use the royal courts, and the title to free tenure was defensible there.
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Free warren
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a royal franchise granted to a manorial lord allowing the holder to hunt small game, especially rabbit, hare, pheasant and partridge, within a designated vill.
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Furlong
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a subdivision of open arable fields.
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