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Manorial term of the day “Geld”…

By Manorial Counsel | November 22, 2014

“Geld” an Anglo-Saxon levy, or tax, on property based on the “hide” “Hide” Anglo-Saxon land measurement , notionally 120 acres, used for calculating liability for geld.

A feature by artist Max Scotto MSc

By Manorial Counsel | November 22, 2014

Portraiture has always been one of the foundations of British Art. Ever since the days of Holbein and Van Dyck, the nobility, the gentry, the affluent and the fashion-conscious have chosen to be immortalised by a portraitist. Portraiture has thrived in Britain with artists like Gainsborough, Raeburn, Lawrence and Sargent. The tradition has survived until…

Manorial term of the day “furlong”…

By Manorial Counsel | November 21, 2014

“furlong” a subdivision of open arable fields.

Manorial term of the day “Full age”…

By Manorial Counsel | November 20, 2014

“Full age” the age at which heirs were able to inherit land. The age varied according to local custom, but was normally 18 or 21 years.

Manorial term of the day “Free tenure”…

By Manorial Counsel | November 18, 2014

“Free tenure” tenure or status that denoted greater freedom of time and action than, say, customary tenure or status; a freeman was entitled to use the royal courts, and the title to free tenure was defensible there.

Manorial term of the day “Free warren”

By Manorial Counsel | November 17, 2014

“Free warren” a royal franchise granted to a manorial lord allowing the holder to hunt small game (rabbit, hare, pheasant and partridge) within a designated Vill: “Vill” a local unit of civil administration.

On this day 17th November, Elizabeth I succeeds Mary…

By Manorial Counsel | November 17, 2014

1558 – Elizabethan era (1558–1603) begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England. Historians often depict the Elizabethan era as the golden age in English history.

On this day 16th November, Prince Edward…

By Manorial Counsel | November 16, 2014

1272 – While travelling during the Ninth Crusade, Prince Edward (Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots) becomes King of England upon Henry III of England’s death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne.