Households
Jeanne C. Stapleton
jstaplet at adm.law.du.edu
Fri Jan 17 10:42:44 PST 1997
Households formed as 1) extended families, 2) a means to
> go somewhere or do something cheaply, and 3) an informal structure
> filling the gap of not having many peers and nobles per se. There
> were some common law rules about households. 1) It could be formed
> by a lord and a lady, 2) three individuals (three women, three men,
> three sheep) or it could be formed by a Peer or Noble. Great
> Houses, like Greater House Locksley, were so called that if the
> household were made up of smaller households (kinda like an umbrella
> corporation, I think. You get the idea)
> They were important and actually I miss them a great deal
> since the
> Household I had (Freehold of Stonebridge) was a very supportive
> group.
I think your three points about the formation of households neatly
sum up good reasons for their extended existence, including the
ability to concentrate work and resources into a unit that goes
places together on a regular basis without having to reinvent the
wheel each weekend.
Three sheep? You mean my cats were a household?
Countess Berengaria de Montfort de Carcassonne, OP
Barony of Caerthe
Kingdom of the Outlands
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