Carucate - this was the area that could be cultivated by one plough (with its eight Oxen) in a year and a day. It equates, roughly to 120 acres. Demesne - Land in "lordship" whose produce is devoted to the Lord rather than his tenants. Acre - 4,047 square metres but more sensibly there are 640 acres to the square…
alysonFebruary 1, 2017
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