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Re: Edward Dale's wife, Diana Skipwith - abaronet's son and



Tue, 4 Apr 2006 23:08:30 +0000 (UTC) soc.genealogy.medieval
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hoskins...
"Is that correct, that the son was automatically a knight?"

Tim Powys-Lybbe...
Once he was 21, I beleive.


I have never heard this. If so, it ceased to be practiced rather soon.

Tim Powys-Lybbe...
It did not last more than 100 years.

I believe the price for the first baronetcies in 1611 was L 10,000.

Tim Powys-Lybbe...
A truly enormous amount.


Renia...
More like L 1,000, no?


Tony

Anthony Hoskins
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