It is now well established by precedent that a daughter can inherit a barony by writ.
She had long told him his real name, and urged him to demand from his father an acknowledgment of his being heir to the proud barony of the Bruce.
The amount for a barony depended upon the King's pleasure.
The mutual relations of rival baronies were by no means like those of rival clans or tribes in pre-Roman days.
Won't all the boys in the barony be glad to be free from the traitor, and to have the true heir come to be their master.
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It cannot operate using feudal systems, baronies and reserved domains.
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Surely if he succeeds he suceeds to the earldom andbarony, all the lot?
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That was not popular with the great baronies of power—the vested interests of the unions and bureaucracies.
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It does not create a new peerage as thebaronyis still held by the father.
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But an exception was made for this particularbaronyas it had got into the pipeline, so to speak, just in time.
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Abaronyby writ goes to the son, if he is there, or the next son.
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It made all the difference; to the baronies which method was adopted.
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Why, then, should they not have their rank, style, title and dignity ofbaronyin the same way as their colleagues?
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There are petty baronies that operate with indirect rule and there are people who rule over petty baronies.
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For a long time it was by tenure ofbarony, then by writ of summons, and afterwards by creation by letters patent.
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But the system of baronies works happily; it goes through daughters.
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Who are these people who are prepared to accept these baser baronies, but who will not accept the position as at present?
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It was never intended in the case of holders of baronies by grant.
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It was abaronyfor life created by statute, which is now obsolete and, in effect, repealed.
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I have several other peerages behind me including abaronyby writ.
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