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Definition of Baronies

Baronies
Barony Bar"o*ny, n.; pl. Baronies. [OF. baronie, F. baronnie, LL. baronia. See Baron.] 1. The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron. 2. In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner. --Brande & C.

Meaning of Baronies from wikipedia

- Barony may refer to: Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron Barony (county...
- Norman invasion. Some early baronies were later subdivided into half baronies with the same standing as full baronies. Baronies were mainly cadastral rather...
- five classes: List of baronies in the peerage of England List of lordships of Parliament (in the peerage of Scotland) List of baronies in the peerage of Great...
- 1660, many baronies by tenure were converted into baronies by writ. The rest ceased to exist as feudal baronies by tenure, becoming baronies in free socage...
- feudal barony, but creation of baronies by letters patent is the sole method adopted in modern times. Since the adoption of summons by writ, baronies thus...
- anglica concentrata; or, A concentrated account of all the baronies commonly called baronies in fee; deriving their origin from writ of summons and not...
- Maí; formerly also Armoy) is a historical barony in County Cork in Ireland. It is bordered by the baronies of Orrery and Kilmore to the north-west; Duhallow...
- is a list of some Scottish feudal baronies created before 1707; this list does not include Scottish feudal baronies created between that year and 1838...
- Carlingford and 4th Viscount Taaffe of Corran was born in Ballymote in 1639.[citation needed] Map of the baronies of Connacht at Ireland's History in Maps v t e...
- descend only in the male line, many of the older ones (particularly older baronies) can descend through females. Such peerages follow the old English inheritance...