Lord of the manor
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A lord of the manor, in Anglo-Saxon England and Norman England, is the landholder of a rural estate. The titles date to the English feudal system. The lord enjoyed manorial rights as well as seignory,
Ightham Mote, a 14th-century moated manor house near Sevenoaks, Kent, England
Manor house in Crofton, West Yorkshire
Bayeux Tapestry scene 23 Harold sacramentum fecit Willelmo duci
Reeve and Serfs
Squire
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In the Middle Ages, a squire was the shield- or armour-bearer of a knight. Boys served a knight as an attendant, doing simple but important tasks, such as saddling a horse and caring for the knight's
Lord of the manor
…church; often by default the advowson was appended to the rights of the manor, sometimes separated into moieties. Many lords of the manor were known as squires, at a time when land ownership was the basis of power. While some inhabitants were serfs who were bound to the land, others were freeholders, often…
Wolfram von Eschenbach and his squire (Codex Manesse, 14th century)
The Squire - Ellesmere Chaucer