Marcher lordships

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Marcher lordships were semi-autonomous feudal territories along the medieval Anglo-Welsh border, ruled by powerful lords who held extensive military, legal, and administrative privileges.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Marcher lords 3
Marcher lordships canonical 3
Marcher lordship 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border lordship ⓘ
feudal territory ⓘ
medieval political institution ⓘ
abolishedBy Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
createdAfter Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
createdBy Norman kings of England ⓘ
grantedBy English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
trade in border towns ⓘ
hasFunction colonization of Wales ⓘ
frontier defense ⓘ
territorial expansion ⓘ
hasGovernmentType feudal lordship ⓘ
hasKeyInstitution borough town ⓘ
castle ⓘ
hasLegalRelationToEnglishCrown directly dependent on king for allegiance only ⓘ
hasLegalRelationToEnglishLaw largely exempt from common law ⓘ
hasLegalSystem lord’s private jurisdiction ⓘ
hasMilitaryRole buffer zone against Welsh principalities ⓘ
hasPoliticalStatus semi-autonomous ⓘ
hasPrivilege full jurisdiction in civil cases ⓘ
full jurisdiction in criminal cases ⓘ
military autonomy ⓘ
right to appoint local officials ⓘ
right to build castles ⓘ
right to create forests and chases ⓘ
right to establish boroughs ⓘ
right to hold markets ⓘ
right to levy certain taxes ⓘ
right to wage private war ⓘ
hasReligion Latin Christianity ⓘ
hasRuler Marcher lord ⓘ
hasSocialStructure feudal hierarchy ⓘ
hasTimePeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
includesNotableExample Lordship of Chepstow ⓘ
linked to: Chepstow Castle

Lordship of Clun ⓘ
Lordship of Glamorgan ⓘ
Lordship of Ludlow ⓘ
Lordship of Pembroke ⓘ
languageUsed Middle English ⓘ
Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman

Welsh ⓘ
locatedIn Anglo-Welsh border ⓘ
England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
partOf Welsh Marches ⓘ
reformedBy Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
successorEntity English counties in Wales ⓘ
weakenedBy Tudor centralization ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wales (parts) → associatedWith → Marcher lordships ⓘ
Welsh Marches → governedBy → marcher lords ⓘ
linked to: Marcher lordships
Norman conquest of south-west Wales → involves → marcher lordship of Narberth ⓘ
linked to: Marcher lordships
Despenser family → feudalStatus → Marcher lords ⓘ
linked to: Marcher lordships
House of Mortimer → hasTitle → Marcher lords ⓘ
linked to: Marcher lordships
Bernard de Neufmarché → typeOfLordshipEstablished → Marcher lordship ⓘ
linked to: Marcher lordships
William de Braose → category → Marcher lords ⓘ
linked to: Marcher lordships
lords of the Marches → hasPart → Marcher lordships ⓘ
History of Wales → includesTopic → Marcher lordships ⓘ