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Regalities are the next considerations. This leads to a distinction between Noble Fees and Ignoble Fees. Noble Fees were those that conferred nobility upon the individuals invested in them. These were baronies and regalities. Historically, all nobility in modern states derived from such
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While initially established to aid in governance through delegated authority, some regality lords in the 14th century attempted to usurp royal power and rule their jurisdictions independently. By the 15th century, regalities had returned to functioning as a means of local administration on behalf of
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Some individuals of greater merit or influence with the sovereign were granted even higher privileges than regular barons through the elevation of their lands into regalities. Regality was the highest feudal dignity. The elevation of lands to a dukedom, marquisate, or earldom did not necessarily
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A system of heraldry : speculative and practical : with the true art of blazon, according to the most approved heralds in Europe : illustrated with suitable examples of armorial figures, and achievements of the most considerable surnames and families in
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Beyond the rights and privileges inherent to a barony, a regality also conveyed additional
Regalia and valuable Franchises. The holders of regalities were styled as Lords of Regality. Regality, being the greater dignity, implied all the privileges encompassed by the lesser dignity of
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Scotland, treating them as heritable rights of property, while subject to regulations and changes by the Parliament regarding their exercise. Therefore, lords of regality with coastal lands would also have been
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