| Even at the date of Domesday Book the abbey held no less than thirty manors. |
| Only in very special circumstances could either castle or bourg flourish in the absence of nearby manors to sustain them. |
| They held these manors upon condition of rendering the king service in person, or in kind, or in money. |
| The above-named statute forbade the future subinfeudation of lands, and consequently hindered the further creation of manors. |
| The site develops with the construction of an aisled Late Saxon timber hall, which was one of King Cnut's royal manors. |
| The operation of these plantations resembled the feudal manors of medieval Europe. |
