Most churches were in fact not located near the lord's castle. But if they were, it was because often a town developed around the lord's castle. And where a town developed, the number of people grew and they started building chapels and churches. But there were a great number of towns, cities and villages with not a castle in sight, and there the people built churches as well.
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A Lord was usually the one who ruled the castle in medieval times but when the lord is absent for some reason that's when the lady comes in help she is the one who looks over the castle if the lord is absent
A lord is a noble. Nobility is a social status while Lord is a rank in nobility.
The settlers had various obligations to their seigneurs or lords. They were expected to work and also pay rent to the lords for occupancy.
The french peasants paid royal taxes, tithes to the church, and manorial dues to the lords