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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Maner place, n. Also: manere, -(e)ir, -o(u)r, -ure, manner, -or and plaice, plas(se. [Maner n.²; Place n. Also e.m.E. manour place (1509).] A country residence, a mansion; chiefly, the principal dwelling-house of an estate with its immediately attached outbuildings and land, a manor. = Maner n.² 1392 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 25.
The firste payment to be made … at the forsayd maner place of Mukdoc c1420 Wynt. ii. 1312.
He maid in hy A manere place Ib. vi. 1193.
A maner plas [C. manere plasse] thar byggyd he For hym, hys wyff and hys menyhe Ib. vii. 626. 1426 Acts II. 13/2.
That euer ilk lorde hafande landis … in the quhilk landis in aulde tymes thare was castellis fortalycis & maner placis … reforme thar castellis & maneris and duell in thaim 14.. Reg. Maj. c. 48.
Gif thar be twa or thre maner placis … to be devidyt the hede maner place sal nocht be devidit bot al hail with the hede chemes it sal remayne 1453 Douglas Bequest (No. 108) XII. .
To warn … me … at my maner place 1470 Breadalbane Doc.
At oure maner place of Innerara a1500 Henr. Fab. 2387 (Ch.).
Than to ane manure place thay hyit in haist 1483 Acta Aud. 130*/2.
For the wrangwis cuttin & distruccion of his orchart and maner place 1508 Reg. Privy S. I. 245/2, 370/1, etc.; 1535 Ib. II. 251/2. 1539 Peebles B. Rec. I. 58.
All and sindry thare landis … maner places, store places [etc.] 1540 Acts II. 379/2. 1569 Glasgow Prot. IV. 6. 1577 Fam. Innes 134.
Witht tour fortalice manure place thairof 1579 Reg. Privy C. III. 238 (see Mans(e n. 1). 1581 Ib. 424. 1582– Ib. 548. 1584 Acts III. 365/2. 1592 Reg. Great S. 713/1.
The wallis of the said maner plaice 1600 Grant Chart. 196.
All and haill the castell … and maneir place 1602 Reg. Great S. 475/2. 1606 Liber Melros 658.
All and haill the maner place of Melros callit of auld the monasterie of Melros 1621 Acts IV. 658/1. 1627 Orkney Rentals App. 104. 1637 Stirlings of Keir 449. The mannor-place of Crocerige; Hope Major Pract. I. 238. 1642 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. III. 40. 1661 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. I. 66.
[The said did] violently break oppen … the whole doores of the said mannor place and lodgeing 1672 Argaty Baron Ct. 6 Jan.
Court of the Barronie of Argatie haldine within the Manner Place thairof 1681 Echt-Forbes Chart. 160. 1686 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII. 92.
Manour place 1693 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 520. 1705 Corshill Baron Ct. 208.