Lordship Titles – Land or Personal Property? Part 5

In our previous blogs on this subject we explained how the law regards lordships as...

20 January, 2016

Lordship Titles – Land or Personal Property? Part 3 and 4

The Law Commission’s Definition of a Manor: LAND REGISTRATION FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY A CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT; “The position of...

19 January, 2016

Lordship Titles – Land or Personal Property? Part 1 and 2

A question that has not only caused confusion for the public, but also the legal...

18 January, 2016

Manorial and Feudal Titles…Quick Trivia

Quick Trivia  Manorial and Feudal titles were not granted by the Crown but came about by...

18 January, 2016

A Feudal Society – Quick trivia

Quick trivia Under French Norman rule a feudal society was imposed on England. In return for...

07 January, 2016

Demesne – Quick trivia

Quick trivia Demesne, was a class of land of manors the part directly controlled by the...

06 January, 2016

Definition of a Manor… Quick trivia

Quick trivia Definition of a Manor: A territorial unit that was originally held by feudal tenure,...

05 January, 2016

Manorialism … Quick trivia

Quick trivia Manorialism was slowly replaced by the advent of a money-based market economy and new...

03 January, 2016

Seigniory … Quick trivia

Quick trivia In addition to the physical land each manor was given a Seigniory (a rights...

02 January, 2016

Manorialism … Quick trivia

Quick trivia Manorialism survived until the early 20th Century even though its practical application of managing...

28 December, 2015