Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Conquest and control.
The portion of a manor's land kept by the lord for his own direct use and profit, farmed by his villeins.
Demesne appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The Norman Conquest (1065–1087), especially Conquest and control and Social structure.
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