. ▁ ▁Man ors ▁varied ▁similarly ▁in ▁their ▁ge ographical ▁arrangement : ▁most ▁did ▁not ▁co inci de ▁with ▁a ▁single ▁village , ▁but ▁rather ▁consisted ▁of ▁parts ▁of ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁villages , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁latter ▁containing ▁also ▁parts ▁of ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁other ▁man or . ▁This ▁situation ▁sometimes ▁led ▁to ▁replacement ▁by ▁c ash ▁pay ments ▁or ▁their ▁equival ents ▁in ▁kind ▁of ▁the ▁dem es ne ▁labour ▁oblig ations ▁of ▁those ▁pe as ants ▁living ▁fur th est ▁from ▁the ▁lord ' s ▁estate . ▁ ▁As ▁with ▁pe asant ▁plots , ▁the ▁dem es ne ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁single ▁territorial ▁unit , ▁but ▁consisted ▁rather ▁of ▁a ▁central ▁house ▁with ▁neighbour ing ▁land ▁and ▁estate ▁buildings , ▁plus ▁stri ps ▁dispers ed ▁through ▁the ▁man or ▁alongside ▁free ▁and ▁ville in ▁ones : ▁in ▁addition , ▁the ▁lord ▁might ▁le ase ▁free ▁ten ements ▁belonging ▁to ▁neighbour ing ▁man ors , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁holding ▁other ▁man ors ▁some ▁distance ▁away ▁to ▁provide ▁a ▁greater ▁range ▁of ▁produce . ▁ ▁Nor ▁were ▁man ors ▁held ▁necessarily ▁by ▁lay ▁l ords ▁rendering ▁military ▁service ▁( or ▁again , ▁c ash ▁in ▁lieu ) ▁to ▁their ▁superior : ▁a ▁substantial ▁share ▁( est im ated ▁by ▁value ▁at ▁ 1 7 % ▁in ▁England ▁in ▁ 1 0 8 6 ) ▁belonged ▁directly ▁to ▁the ▁king , ▁and ▁a ▁greater ▁proportion ▁( r ather ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁quarter ) ▁were ▁held ▁by ▁bishop rics ▁and ▁monaster ies . ▁E