▁circumstances ▁made ▁flight ▁a ▁vi able ▁proposition ; ▁nor ▁could ▁they ▁be ▁passed ▁to ▁a ▁third ▁party ▁without ▁the ▁lord ' s ▁permission , ▁and ▁the ▁custom ary ▁payment . ▁ ▁Although ▁not ▁free , ▁ville ins ▁were ▁by ▁no ▁means ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁position ▁as ▁slaves : ▁they ▁enjoyed ▁legal ▁rights , ▁subject ▁to ▁local ▁custom , ▁and ▁had ▁rec ourse ▁to ▁the ▁law ▁subject ▁to ▁court ▁charges , ▁which ▁were ▁an ▁additional ▁source ▁of ▁man orial ▁income . ▁Sub - lett ing ▁of ▁ville in ▁hold ings ▁was ▁common , ▁and ▁labour ▁on ▁the ▁dem es ne ▁might ▁be ▁comm uted ▁into ▁an ▁additional ▁money ▁payment , ▁as ▁happened ▁increasing ly ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century . ▁ ▁This ▁description ▁of ▁a ▁man or ▁house ▁at ▁Ch ing ford , ▁Es sex ▁in ▁England ▁was ▁recorded ▁in ▁a ▁document ▁for ▁the ▁Chapter ▁of ▁St ▁Paul ' s ▁C athedral ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁granted ▁to ▁Robert ▁Le ▁Mo y ne ▁in ▁ 1 2 6 5 : ▁He ▁received ▁also ▁a ▁sufficient ▁and ▁hand some ▁hall ▁well ▁ce iled ▁with ▁o ak . ▁On ▁the ▁western ▁side ▁is ▁a ▁worthy ▁bed , ▁on ▁the ▁ground , ▁a ▁stone ▁chim ney , ▁a ▁w ard ro be ▁and ▁a ▁certain ▁other ▁small ▁chamber ; ▁at ▁the ▁eastern ▁end ▁is ▁a ▁p antry ▁and ▁a ▁but tery . ▁Between ▁the ▁hall ▁and ▁the ▁chap el ▁is ▁a ▁s ider oom . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁decent ▁chap el ▁covered ▁with ▁t iles ,