Editing Lord (section)

===Manors===
{{See also|Lord of the manor}}
The substantive title of "lord of the manor" came into use in the English medieval system of [[feudalism]] after the [[Norman Conquest]] of 1066. The title "Lord of the Manor" was a titular [[Feudalism|feudal]] dignity which derived its force from the existence and operation of a [[manorial court]] or [[court baron]] at which he or his steward presided, thus he was the lord of the manorial court which determined the rules and laws which were to govern all the inhabitants and property covered by the jurisdiction of the court. To the tenants of a certain class of [[Manorialism|manor]] known in Saxon times as ''[[Infangenthef]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manorialsociety.co.uk/glossary.html|title=Glossary|website=The Manorial Society of Great Britain}}</ref> their lord was a man who had the power of exercising [[capital punishment]] over them. The term invariably used in contemporary mediaeval documents is simply "lord of X", X being the name of the manor. The term "Lord of the Manor" is a recent usage of historians to distinguish such lords from [[English feudal barony|feudal barons]] and other powerful persons referred to in ancient documents variously as "Sire" (mediaeval French), "Dominus" (Latin), "Lord" etc.