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Further sub-infeudation could occur down to the level of a lord of a single manor, which in itself might represent only a fraction of a knight's fee. A mesne lord was the level of lord in the middle holding several manors, between the lords of a manor and the superior lord. The sub-tenant might have to provide knight-service, or finance just a ...
Laird (earlier lard) is the now-standard Scots pronunciation (and phonetic spelling) of the word that is pronounced and spelled in standard English as lord. [3] As can be seen in the Middle English version of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, [4] specifically in the Reeve's Tale, Northern Middle English had a where Southern Middle English had o, a difference still found in standard English two and ...
The opinion of the Lord Lyon has been criticised [by whom?] as the UK government allows the usage of Manorial Titles in British passports of the form: "THE HOLDER IS THE LORD OF THE MANOR/LAIRD OF [X]" (brackets added). [7] However, as a matter of Scots property law, souvenir plots cannot competently create a real right of ownership in Scots ...
With or without noble title, owning rural land estates often brought with it the legal rights of the feudal lordship of the manor, and the less formal name or title of squire, in Scotland laird. Generally lands passed by primogeniture , while the inheritances of daughters and younger sons were in cash or stocks, and relatively small.
The manorial courts were the lowest courts of law in England during the feudal period. They had a civil jurisdiction limited both in subject matter and geography. They dealt with matters over which the lord of the manor had jurisdiction, primarily torts, local contracts and land tenure, and their powers only extended to those who lived within the lands of the manor: the demesne and such lands ...
Mark Roberts is a Welsh businessman notable for the purchase of approximately sixty United Kingdom titles as Lord of the Manor or Marcher Lord and his legal claims to historical rights associated with them. In several cases he has attempted to profit from the claimed rights.
In Anglo-Irish history, the lordship of a manor is a lordship emanating from the feudal system of manorialism. In modern England and Wales it is recognised as a form of property. It is not a title of nobility.
The manor of Little Thurlow itself had passed to Thomas Turner in 1572, and from him to Thomas Wisbicke, who sold it to Soame, perhaps in 1582, when a fine was levied. In 1595 Soame brought a Chancery suit against Wisbicke to protect his title as lord of the manor. Soame's lands there included an estate called "The Temple".