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What is a barony?

What is a barony? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The domain of a baron or baroness, usually as part of a larger kingdom or empire.
    1. (historical, Ireland) Synonym of hundred, an English administrative division originally reckoned as comprising 100 hides and in various numbers composing counties.
    2. (Scotland) Any large manor or estate, regardless of its owner's rank.
  2. (obsolete) The baronage: the body of barons in a realm.
  3. Baronship, the rank or position of a baron.
  4. (law) The legal tenure of a baron's land; military tenure.
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The holding manager of a basic holding pays a tax to the barony holding manager and so on, until it reaches the kingdom level.
Though there was an appeal from the barony to the royal sheriff court, this was not true of baronies in the regalities.
He appointed churchmen as justiciars, to counterbalance the native barony, and installed a royal treasury in a new stone castle at Dublin.
One had to contend with the poor quality N5, N26 and N59 roads as well as the dangerous secondary routes through the barony of Erris itself.
Three candidates went forward for the honour of the first citizen of the barony.
John supported his claim to the barony of Trowbridge, which he received in 1213 when the king disseized Henry de Bohun.

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