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He advises being very wary of any site that tells you that you can purchase a recreated Lordship of the Manor from them and then you can call yourselves, Lord and Lady. Robert Smith of the Manorial Society says he does not believe titles should be viewed as investments but accepts they can increase in value. He also points to the perks a title can offer such as fishing and mining rights and the prestige it may bring in business and private life.
If you are interested in any of the offerings on a site, you can make some simple checks before you approach the person behind the site. However, misleading advertisements for lordships of manors sometimes appear in the media and on the internet.
A manorial lordship is not an aristocratic title, but a semi-extinct form of landed property. Lordship in this sense is a synonym for ownership. According to John Martin Robinson, co-author of The Oxford Guide to Heraldry, "It cannot be stated on a passport and does not entitle the owner to a coat of arms.
Beware also of websites selling completely bogus British titles. It is worth noting that genuine Lordships do have a resale value, and though you cannot add them to your name on your passport, an authentic one can be added into the Official Observations section. No peerage titles are capable of being bought or sold. Many are known by the designation "Lord" and in Scotland, the lowest rank of the peerage is "Lord of Parliament" rather than "Baron".
Knights are people who have been knighted and are thus entitled to the prefix of "Sir". This title cannot be bought or sold.
The designation of Laird is based on an inheritable property that has an explicit tie to the physical land. The title cannot be bought and sold without selling the physical land.
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