Barony
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(Not to be confused with Baronage)
Tenure by barony was the higher feudal tenure of a lord who had subordinate knights. Originally, a barony was the land subject to a baron and could, in England after the Norman Conquest, consist of estates scattered throughout the country or in several regions (see, for example, the barony of the earl of Pembroke, with estates in England, Ireland, and Normandy). A mediaeval barony might comprise more than one manor or fief, and the principal manor often had a castle. It is sometimes difficult to be sure whether a particular estate was considered a barony or not, partly because at times the status of a baron was more than a matter of mere tenure.[1]
In some cases, chiefly in Scotland, Ireland and outlying parts of England, a barony constituted an administrative division of a country, usually of lower rank and importance than a county. Just as counties are no longer necessarily connected with a noble earl or count, there are baronies which are not connected with a baron any more.[2]
Instances include:
- Barony (Ireland), a former unit of administration in Ireland, below the level of the counties and latterly not usually associated with any baronial title.
- Two divisions of the county of Westmorland in England:
- In Scotland:
- In Norway, the only Barony of Rosendal
[edit] See also
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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Barony. |
- English Feudal Baronies
- Caput baronium, the seat of a barony in Scotland
- Moot hill, the principal residence in law of a barony in England
[edit] References
- ^ I. J. Sanders, English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent, 1086-1327 (Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1960), pp. v-viii; F. Pollock and F. W. Maitland, The History of English Law before the Time of Edward I, 2nd edition, 2 vols (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1898), I, pp. 260-1, 279-82
- ^ P. G. B. McNeill and H. L. MacQueen, eds, Atlas of Scottish History to 1707 (University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, 1996), pp. 201-7
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