Lordships of the Manor are property rights under the law of
England and Wales. Similar rights in Scotland are referred to as
Baronial Titles.
Although many of the pecuniary rights of the Lords of the
Manor were abolished by the Law of Property Act 1922, a variety of
privileges remain with them, including rights associated with
minerals, the ownership of documents of title, and - perhaps the
greatest attraction - the right to call oneself Lord of the Manor.
Manorial lordships are saleable, and their average values can be in
excess of £10,000. In suitable cases, therefore, it is worth
asking whether the estate included any such lordships.
(This text has been withheld because of exemptions in the
Freedom of Information Act 2000)
The valuation of manorial lordships is undertaken by the VOA (
IHTM23002). You should refer all
requests for such valuations via Our Valuation Office Liaison
Baronial Titles, as with Lordships of the Manor, can be
valuable assets. In taxable cases where there is a substantial
landed estate and the deceased was a member of the peerage, you
should ask if the estate included any such title. If it did, you
should refer the question of valuation to the VOA via Our Valuation
Office Liaison
(This text has been withheld because of exemptions in the
Freedom of Information Act 2000)).
