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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A different view of royal opportunism can be seen in the confirmation of charters for leading monasteries outside the demesne .
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How far did the abandonment of demesne lands affect the income of the landowners?
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It was very advantageous for Edward to have his brother in so central a position, adjacent to the Capetian demesne .
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Private chases created by tenants-in-chief since 1154 outside their own demesnes were likewise abrogated, in accordance with the provisions of the Forest Charter.
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Royal charters bore witness to renewed vigour outside the demesne as in it.
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The demesne plantation was now very much smaller than it had been when Alec was a boy.
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The Count of Eu holds in demesne a manor which is called Hou.
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There was a thriving mill, and the fields of the demesne were wide and green, the ploughland well tended.