Preposition: of

• crown: The manor of Melbourne was part of the ancient demesne of the crown.

• manor: The demesnes of other royal manors in Carmarthenshire had been the special object of the predatory activities of the tenantry.

Possessives

• king: If there was no heir, the lands went back to the king's demesne.

Converse of object

• lease: He apparently leased the demesnes from then until 1547 at least.

• have: The manor, part of Fulham, had no demesne, and apart from a brief period before c.

• pass: The hall and demesne subsequently passed through various families, and is now the property of the Countess of Clarendon.

• include: By order of Louis X11 these had been in an Etat General which included both demesne and extraordinary income.

• hold: In 1814, Blackley Hall and demesne held by the Leighs was sold in 34 lots.

Adjective modifier

• manorial: From 1458 the manorial demesne was let on 10year leases at £ 8 a year.

• royal: At Domesday survey, the manor, which had belonged to Earl Alger, was part of the royal demesne.

• ancient: The manor of Melbourne was part of the ancient demesne of the crown.

• former: Some former demesnes have been planted with conifers ( e.g.

• large: They consolidated their hold on what were, in terms of western European norms of the time, unusually large demesnes.

• well-planted: Luthrie House is a handsome mansion, finely situated in a well-planted demesne.

Modifies a noun

• farmland: There were 296 a. of demesne farmland in 1646, ( fn.

• woodland: Demesne woodland ( lowland woodland pasture and parkland ) includes that at The Argory ( a National Trust property ).

• land: Other lands acquired by the owners of the manor became merged in the demesne lands.

• farm: Or the demesne farm could be let on a leasehold.

• wood: Of the freehold, 60 a. of demesne wood was in hand and Sir Wm.

• account: Together with Olwen Myhill the researchers have assembled a catalog of Kentish demesne accounts, which has been submitted for publication.