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The maenor (pl. ''maenorau'') was a gathering of villages in medieval Wales. Although it is very often conflated with the English manor, ''maenor'' predates that Norman French term by centuries and is apparently etymologically unrelated, instead deriving from Welsh ''maer'' ("stone")〔Wade-Evans, Arthur. ''Welsh Medieval Law''. Oxford Univ., 1909. Accessed 1 Feb 2013.〕 possibly originally describing the stone homes of local lords〔 or the area sharing a single mill. Two kinds of ''maenorau'' were distinguished: those of the nobles and free yeomen (the ''maenor wrthdir'') and those of the serfs (the ''maenor vro''). According to the Laws of Hywel Dda, the ''maenor wrthdir'' comprised thirteen "free towns" (''trev ryd'') of 1248 Welsh acres each and the ''maenor vro'' seven "serftowns" (''taeogtrev'') of 936 Welsh acres each.〔 By the late Medieval period, each town was considered to have its own smith, plow, kiln, churn, cat, cock, bull, and shepherd.〔Wade-Evans. p. 348.〕 Each free town was obliged to provide one pound of silver or its equivalent each year to the king for his entertainment expenses.〔Wade-Evans. p. 349.〕 ==See also== * taeog * manor 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maenor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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