A lord paramount is a term of art in feudal law describing an overlord who holds his own fief from no superior lord. It thus describes a person who holds...

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of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in...

contract) the estate was held under. The highest overlord of all, or lord paramount, was the monarch, who due to his ancestor William the Conqueror's personal...

and by copy of court roll; and yet holds himself of a superior lord called Lord Paramount". However, escheat in want of heirs to mesne lords was abolished...

Lord Steffon Baratheon and Cassana Estermont, and the younger brother of Robert and Stannis Baratheon. He is Lord of Storm's End and Lord Paramount of...

Look up tenant-in-chief in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lord paramount, mesne lord, & overlord Imperial immediacy Fee simple English Feudal Baronies...

Cersei and Jaime, and Tyrion. He is the Warden of the West and the Lord Paramount of the Westerlands and was twice the Hand of the King, making him one...

widow, Margaery Tyrell, in A Storm of Swords, Petyr is named Lord of Harrenhal and Lord Paramount of the Trident in place of Edmure Tully. Baelish is given...

Evans) is the son of Lord Boremund Baratheon who succeeds him as the Lord of Storm's End, head of House Baratheon, and Lord Paramount of the Stormlands....

acknowledged lord paramount over the Forest and the ten manors of the Liberty. As lord paramount, he was styled Lord King of Bowland. The 16th Lord of Bowland...

termed, tenant paravail. The Crown, who in theory owned all lands, was lord paramount. The great lords looked with dissatisfaction on the increase of such...

("No land without a lord") was a feudal legal maxim; where no other lord can be discovered, the Crown is lord as lord paramount. The principal incidents...

Before the process got underway Edward insisted that he be recognised as Lord Paramount of Scotland. When they refused, he gave the claimants three weeks to...

("No land without a lord") was a feudal legal maxim; where no other lord can be discovered, the Crown is lord as lord paramount. The principal incidents...

also first cousin to Robert Arryn, the lord paramount of The Vale, and the niece of Edmure Tully, the lord paramount of the Riverlands. She was once betrothed...

1998's A Clash of Kings, Ramsay is the bastard son of Roose Bolton, the lord of the Dreadfort, an ancient fortress in the North of the kingdom of Westeros...

However, he secretly orchestrates the Red Wedding alongside Lord Tywin Lannister and Lord Walder Frey, receiving the title of Warden of the North and...

During homage, the lord and vassal entered into a contract in which the vassal promised to fight for the lord at his command, whilst the lord agreed to protect...

past, containing all the things in one: upon it was all that Ophion lord paramount had done, all that ancient Cronus accomplished. We also have fragments...

also first cousin to Robert Arryn, the lord paramount of The Vale; and the niece of Edmure Tully, the lord paramount of the Riverlands. Arya is left-handed...

Lord of the manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England and Norman England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The titles date to the English...

of Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. In the storyline, Ned is the lord of Winterfell, an ancient fortress in the North of the fictional continent...

Feudal titles and status Lord paramount / Territorial lord Tenant-in-chief Mesne lord Lord of the manor / Overlord / Vogt / Liege lord Esquire / Gentleman...

part of the contract with the lord of the manor, they were expected to spend some of their time working on the lord's fields in return for land. Villeins...

They were characterized by the low rents which they paid to their manorial lord. They were subject to fewer laws and ties than villeins. The term may also...

to the king as the general owner and lord paramount of the soil; and later they most commonly belonged to the lord of the manor by special grant from the...

tenant, and the exact services he was to render to the lord of the manor and/or lord paramount in return for them, were described in the roll or book...

Feudal titles and status Lord paramount / Territorial lord Tenant-in-chief Mesne lord Lord of the manor / Overlord / Vogt / Liege lord Esquire / Gentleman...

Robert is the eldest son and heir of Lord Steffon Baratheon. He is a close friend to Ned Stark, both wards of Lord Jon Arryn. After his betrothed Lyanna...