The word ' iManor ' is an English corruption of the French word, ' Manoir,' a habitation, or mausi&n, in which the owner of land dwelt permanently ; and that is derived from the Latin verb ' Maneo,' to remain, to abide in a place, to dwell there. In Latin a Manor was termed ' Alanerium' vvhich signifies the same as the French ' Manoir.' It has, however, been stated to be a synonym of ' Manurium,' because it was labored by handy work,* ' Manas ' being the Latin for 'hand:' but this signification is very doubtful. Ellis in his introduction to Domesday Book, the Great Survey of the Lands of England made by order of William the Conqueror," says, that the earliest appearance of the word Manor in England was in the reign of Edward the Confessor who was fond of introducing Norman language and customs.

In that famous survey the words ' mansio," villa,' and ' manerium,' are synonymous. " The conquest," Mr. Djgby states, probably wrought but little change in the relation of Saxon supreme land owners, or lords of districts, and the tenants holding small parcels of land under them. " A Norman lord might be substituted for a Saxon, but the dues and services would substantially continue the same. . . . After the Conquest, England is [found] parcelled out into manors varying greatly in size, having, as a rule, fixed boundaries, often coinciding, as is still the case at the present day, with the boundaries of the parish. In some cases manors were diminished or added to, and new ones created. Probably however there was no great addition after the Conque-st to the number ot Manors." * In the reigns of ihe later Saxon Kings, those subsequent to Allred, the English Commissioners on the Law of Real Property tell us, "that portions of the royal domains, with jurisdiction were granted, and afterwards jurisdiction was granted although the land might never have belonged to the King.