4 Rents, Wages, and Profits in Agriculture 



are only a shadow of what they were 

 originally. 



At the time of the Domesday Survey the 

 whole country practically was portioned out 

 in manors. There are many interesting 

 questions regarding the origin and meaning 

 of the manor both the thing and the 

 name but in time the word came to mean 

 a landed estate, and the typical manor was 

 a large estate. Perhaps the most important 

 survival of the manorial system in England 

 at present is the distribution of a great part 

 of the country in large estates. In dealing, 

 then, with the manorial system, we are 

 dealing with the origin of our system of 

 large estates and our present landlord and 

 tenant system. Let us look at the features 

 of a typical manor in the early mediaeval 

 period. 



The typical manor was a large estate 

 with a castle or hall, in which, on occasion, 



