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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was overlord of vast lands hereabouts, the only earl south-east of Forth, feudal superior over many lordships and baronies.
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Lords of Appeal in Ordinary - Law Lords - receive life baronies on appointment unless they are already ennobled.
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Rivers, through his marriage to the heiress of the Scales barony , held a significant block of land in Norfolk.
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Some time, then, during the intervening years, he had been granted a barony .
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The Duke's lesser titles include a couple of earldoms, a barony or two and the lordship of Eskdale.
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These were known as burghs of barony and regality.
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Victor Matthews, Trafalgar's vice-chairman, was in the familiar self-made baron mould and duly acquired his barony from Mrs Thatcher.
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With the exception of the estates of the anciently-established monasteries, these new baronies do not reflect the earlier estate arrangements.