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Honour of Pontefract, the Glossary

The honour of Pontefract, also known as the feudal barony of Pontefract, was an English feudal barony.^[1]

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Honours (feudal barony)

Alfred Lawson Brown

Alfred Lawson Brown (1927 – 28 August 2006) was titular professor of medieval history at the University of Glasgow from 1973 to 1978.

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Blanche of Lancaster (25 March 1342 – 12 September 1368) was a member of the English royal House of Lancaster and the daughter of the kingdom's wealthiest and most powerful peer, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster.

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Brayton, North Yorkshire

Brayton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Campeaux, Calvados

Campeaux is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region, northwestern France.

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Caput

Category:Latin words and phrases.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.

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Constable & Robinson

Constable & Robinson Ltd. is an imprint of Little, Brown which publishes fiction and non-fiction books and ebooks.

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David Carpenter (historian)

David A. Carpenter (born 1947) is an English historian and writer, and Professor of Medieval History at King's College London where he has been working since 1988.

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De Lacy

de Lacy (Laci, Lacie, Lascy, Lacey, Lassey) is the surname of an old Norman family which originated from Lassy, Calvados.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.

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Dower

Dower is a provision accorded traditionally by a husband or his family, to a wife for her support should she become widowed.

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Dowry

A dowry is a payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride’s family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.

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Duchy of Lancaster

The Duchy of Lancaster is a private estate of the British sovereign.

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Duke of Lancaster

The dukedom of Lancaster is a former English peerage, created three times in the Middle Ages, which finally merged in the Crown when Henry V succeeded to the throne in 1413.

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Earl of Lancaster

The title of Earl of Lancaster was created in the Peerage of England in 1267.

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Earl of Lincoln

Earl of Lincoln is a title that has been created eight times in the Peerage of England, most recently in 1572.

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Edmund Crouchback

Edmund, 1st Earl of Lancaster (16 January 12455 June 1296), also known as Edmund Crouchback, was a member of the royal Plantagenet Dynasty and the founder of the first House of Lancaster.

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Edmund de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract

Edmund de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (c.1230–1258) was an important landholder in Northern England, with a strategic manor at Stanbury which was important for east–west communication, and as Lord of the Honour of Pontefract he possessed Pontefract Castle.

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Edward II of England

Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also known as Edward of Caernarfon or Caernarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327.

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Edward III of England

Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377.

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Edward, 2nd Duke of York

Edward, 2nd Duke of York, (– 25 October 1415) was an English nobleman, military commander and magnate.

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Elland

Elland is a market town in Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

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English feudal barony

In the kingdom of England, a feudal barony or barony by tenure was the highest degree of feudal land tenure, namely per baroniam (Latin for "by barony"), under which the land-holder owed the service of being one of the king's barons. Honour of Pontefract and English feudal barony are honours (feudal barony).

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Equinox Publishing (Sheffield)

Equinox Publishing Ltd is an independent academic publisher incepted in 2003 by Janet Joyce and based in Sheffield.

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Exile

Exile or banishment, is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose.

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Feudal baron

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. Honour of Pontefract and feudal baron are honours (feudal barony).

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Fief

A fief (feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law.

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George Edward Cokayne

George Edward Cokayne (29 April 1825 – 6 August 1911) was an English genealogist and long-serving herald at the College of Arms in London, who eventually rose to the rank of Clarenceux King of Arms.

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Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln

Gilbert de Gant, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1126 – 1156) was an English nobleman who fought for King Stephen during The Anarchy.

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Golcar

Golcar (pronounced) is a village on a hillside crest above the Colne Valley in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England, west of Huddersfield, and just north of the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

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Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln

Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (c. 1251February 1311), Baron of Pontefract, Lord of Bowland, Baron of Halton and hereditary Constable of Chester, was an English nobleman and confidant of King Edward I. He served Edward in Wales, France, and Scotland, both as a soldier and a diplomat.

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Henry II of England

Henry II, also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189.

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Henry IV of England

Henry IV (– 20 March 1413), also known as Henry Bolingbroke, was King of England from 1399 to 1413.

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Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster

Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster (– 23 March 1361) was an English statesman, diplomat, soldier, and Christian writer.

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Henry Summerson

Henry Summerson is an English historian.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.

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Ilbert II de Lacy

Ilbert II de Lacy (died 1141), Baron of Pontefract and Lord of Bowland, was an English noble.

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Isabella of France

Isabella of France (– 22 August 1358), sometimes described as the She-Wolf of France, was Queen of England as the wife of King Edward II, and de facto regent of England from 1327 until 1330.

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J. Horace Round

(John) Horace Round (22 February 1854 – 24 June 1928) was a historian and genealogist of the English medieval period.

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Janet Burton

Janet Burton is professor of medieval history at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

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John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln

John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln (– 22 July 1240) was hereditary Constable of Chester, 7th Baron of Pontefract, 8th Baron of Halton and 8th Lord of Bowland.

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John fitz Richard

John fitz Richard (died 11 October 1190) was an Anglo-Norman soldier, Baron of Halton and hereditary Constable of Chester.

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John of Gaunt

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English royal prince, military leader, and statesman.

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John, King of England

John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.

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Knight's fee

In feudal Anglo-Norman England and Ireland, a knight's fee was a unit measure of land deemed sufficient to support a knight.

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Lancaster University

Lancaster University (officially The University of Lancaster) is a public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

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Lassy, Calvados

Lassy is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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Lease

A lease is a contractual arrangement calling for the user (referred to as the lessee) to pay the owner (referred to as the ''lessor'') for the use of an asset.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire, abbreviated Lincs, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England.

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Livery of seisin

Livery of seisin is an archaic legal conveyancing ceremony, formerly practised in feudal England and in other countries following English common law, used to convey holdings in property.

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Margaret de Quincy, Countess of Lincoln

Margaret de Quincy, suo jure 2nd Countess of Lincoln (c. 1206 – March 1266) was a wealthy English noblewoman and heiress having inherited in her own right the Earldom of Lincoln and honours of Bolingbroke from her mother Hawise of Chester, received a dower from the estates of her first husband, and acquired a dower third from the extensive earldom of Pembroke following the death of her second husband, Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke.

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Minor (law)

In law, a minor is someone under a certain age, usually the age of majority, which demarcates an underage individual from legal adulthood.

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Norman Conquest

The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Northern History

Northern History is an academic journal of the history of the northern counties of England.

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Odo of Bayeux

Odo of Bayeux (died 1097) was Bishop of Bayeux in Normandy, and was also made Earl of Kent in England following the Norman Conquest.

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Oswald Barron

(Arthur) Oswald Barron (3 January 1868 – 24 September 1939) was a journalist and scholar on heraldic and genealogical subjects.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Pardon

A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction.

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Philippa of Hainault

Philippa of Hainault (sometimes spelled Hainaut; Middle French: Philippe de Hainaut; 24 June 1310 (or 1315) – 15 August 1369) was Queen of England as the wife and political adviser of King Edward III.

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Pontefract

Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England.

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Pontefract Castle

Pontefract (or Pomfret) Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England.

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Pontefract Priory

Pontefract Priory was a Cluniac monastery dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, founded about 1090 by Robert de Lacy, 2nd Baron of Pontefract, and located in Yorkshire, England.

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Reversion (law)

A reversion in property law is a future interest that is retained by the grantor after the conveyance of an estate of a lesser quantum than he has (such as the owner of a fee simple granting a life estate or a leasehold estate).

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Richard II of England

Richard II (6 January 1367 –), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399.

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Roger de Lacy (1170–1211)

Roger de Lacy (1170–1211), Baron of Pontefract, Lord of Bowland, Lord of Blackburnshire, Baron of Halton, Constable of Chester, Sheriff of Yorkshire and Sheriff of Cumberland, also known as Roger le Constable, was a notable Anglo-Norman soldier, crusader and baron.

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Rosemary Horrox

Rosemary Elizabeth Horrox,Horrox, R.E., The Extent and Use of Crown Patronage under Richard III (unpublished PhD, Cambridge University, 1977), ii (born 21 May 1951) is an English historian, specialising in the political culture of late medieval England, patronage and society.

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Simon Walker (historian)

Simon Walker (24 January 1958 – 26 February 2004) was a British historian of late-medieval England.

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Stephen, King of England

Stephen (1092 or 1096 – 25 October 1154), often referred to as Stephen of Blois, was King of England from 22 December 1135 to his death in 1154.

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The Anarchy

The Anarchy was a civil war in England and Normandy between 1138 and 1153, which resulted in a widespread breakdown in law and order.

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Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden

Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, 4th Baron Seaford (9 May 1880 – 5 November 1946) was an English peer, landowner, writer and patron of the arts.

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Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster

Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (1278 – 22 March 1322) was an English nobleman of the first House of Lancaster of the royal Plantagenet Dynasty.

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Thoresby Society

The Thoresby Society: The Leeds Historical Society is the historical society for the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding district.

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Thorner

Thorner is a rural village and civil parish in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, located between Seacroft and Wetherby.

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University of Leeds

The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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University of York

The University of York (abbreviated as or York for post-nominals) is a public collegiate research university in York, England.

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Vicary Gibbs (judge)

Sir Vicary Gibbs, (27 October 1751 – 8 February 1820) was an English judge and politician.

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Victoria County History

The Victoria History of the Counties of England, commonly known as the Victoria County History or the VCH, is an English history project which began in 1899 with the aim of creating an encyclopaedic history of each of the historic counties of England, and was dedicated to Queen Victoria.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honour_of_Pontefract

Also known as Baron of Pontefract, Barony of Pontefract, Honor of Pontefract, Robert de Lacy.

, Lincolnshire, Livery of seisin, Margaret de Quincy, Countess of Lincoln, Minor (law), Norman Conquest, Northern History, Odo of Bayeux, Oswald Barron, Oxford University Press, Oxfordshire, Pardon, Philippa of Hainault, Pontefract, Pontefract Castle, Pontefract Priory, Reversion (law), Richard II of England, Roger de Lacy (1170–1211), Rosemary Horrox, Simon Walker (historian), Stephen, King of England, The Anarchy, Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, Thoresby Society, Thorner, University of Leeds, University of York, Vicary Gibbs (judge), Victoria County History, Wakefield, Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke, Widow, William Farrer, William II of England, William Page (historian), William the Conqueror, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society.

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Honours (feudal barony)

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