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Sep 2, 2024 · Milton continued part of the antient demesnes of the crown of this realm at the time of William the Conqueror's taking possession of it; accordingly it is thus entered in the general survey of Domesday, under the general title of Terra Regis, that is, the king's antient demesne:
Aug 8, 2024 · It is an appendage to the manor of Milton, and was formerly stiled the court of antient demesne, held for the hundred of Milton; the jurisdiction of which includes the several parishes of the Isle of Shepey within its bounds, excepting Harty, which is in Faversham hundred.
Sep 7, 2024 · The king's possessions are next described, under the title of terra regis, or antient demesne; under which are comprehended Dartford, Hawley, Aylesford, Milton, by Sittingborne, and Faversham. Then follow the lands of the several tenants above-mentioned, in the order there placed under their several titles, among these the bishop of Baieux's ...
The introduction of the ship mill and tide mill in the 6th century, both of which yet unattested for the ancient period, allowed for a flexible response to the changing water-level of rivers and the Atlantic Ocean, thus demonstrating the technological innovation of early medieval watermillers.
A demesne (/ d ɪ ˈ m eɪ n,-ˈ m iː n / di-MAYN, - MEEN) or domain [1] was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor under the feudal system for his own use, occupation, [2] or support.
Abstract. By working back from the separate publication of the History of Britain (1670) and the Character of the Long Parliament and Assembly of Divines (1681), it is possible to reconstitute a fuller History of Britain that takes to the heart of Milton's republican thought at the crisis of the English Revolution.
Ancient demesne land recorded in Domesday Book as belonging to the Crown. (Demesne, meaning the lands of an estate, comes in Middle English from Old French demeine (later Anglo-Norman demesne) ‘belonging to a lord’, and ultimately from Latin dominus ‘lord’.)
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