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There have been four different baronies held by the Marmion family, two feudal baronies, one purported barony created by Simon de Montfort and one
There have been four different baronies held by the Marmion family, two feudal baronies, one purported barony created by Simon de Montfort and one barony by writ
The hereditary peers form part of the peerage in the United Kingdom. As of September 2022, there are 807 hereditary peers: 29 dukes (including five royal dukes), 34 marquesses, 190 earls, 111 viscounts, and 443 barons (disregarding subsidi ...
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Feudal barony of Tamworth
The firstfeudal barony
A feudal baron is a vassal holding a heritable fief called a ''barony'', comprising a specific portion of land, granted by an overlord in return for allegiance and service. Following the end of European feudalism, feudal baronies have largely been ...
was obtained by Roger Marmion (d. ''circa'' 1129), who held lands in Lindsay in 1115-18,Sanders, p.145 lord of the manor
Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seig ...
of Fontenay and castellan
A castellan is the title used in Medieval Europe for an appointed official, a governor of a castle and its surrounding territory referred to as the castellany. The title of ''governor'' is retained in the English prison system, as a remnant o ...
of Falaise Castle
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* Falaise, Ardennes, France
* Falaise, Calvados, France
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* La Falaise, in the Yvelines ''département'', France
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, Normandy, when between 1110 and 1114 he was granted the feudal barony of Tamworth, the caput
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