A royal vill, royal tun or villa regalis (Old English: cyneliċ tūn) was the central settlement of a rural territory in Anglo Saxon England, which would...
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believed to have existed since before Roman times. It was a royal vill and probably a royal hunting lodge, under Alfred the Great. The town continued to...
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Blythburgh Priory (section A royal vill)
of Seaxburga. At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, Blythburgh was a royal estate with two carucates of land and two other associated churches without...
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the vill was a territorial one—most vills did not tally physically with manor boundaries—and a public part of the royal administration. The vill had judicial...
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Deira, and Bernicia were based on old Roman civitas. Royal administration centred on the royal vill (Latin: villa; Old English: tun), which was a residence...
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Leatherhead (section Royal School for the Blind)
thought to derive. During the late Anglo-Saxon period, Leatherhead was a royal vill and is first mentioned in the will of Alfred the Great in 880 AD. The...
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court from one royal vill to another as they collected food rent and heard petitions. The king's income came from revenue from the royal demesne (now known...
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multiple estates or hundreds to kings and other members of royal households at a territory's royal vill. The early medieval British Isles lacked the sophisticated...
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Lympne (category Anglo-Saxon royal vills)
Sign placed at site of Royal Oak Motel...
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collection of buildings discovered at Yeavering formed part of an Anglo-Saxon royal vill or king's tun. These 'tun' consisted of a series of buildings designed...
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