[ANSTHRLD] Chronological list of groups

[Jennifer Smith]

Robin brought up kingdom law on a side note:
> Daniel replied to Donnchadh:
>
> Do> I would guess that the prov[i]nce comes after the baronies
>
> Da>Why?  Corpora III.C <http://sca.org/docs/pdf/govdocs.pdf> says... <snip>.
>
> Meanwhile, back in Ansteorra, kingdom law can and does add more restrictions.  Allowing a province at all is fairly new in Ansteorra, and they've been given restrictions that don't apply to baronies, per kingdom law Article VIII, Section 7.  Precedence is not mentioned, but the tenor of the law is such that I would put all baronies before all provinces.  Two clear facts justify this:
> A. Nobles rank above non-nobles, and a barony is ruled by a noble.
> B. Baronies have armigerous Orders that outrank Comets, given to province and shire members.

On the other hand, as precedence is not mentioned in the law at all,
this is a decidedly grey issue. Those two clear facts are same the two
clear facts set forth in Corpora as the distinguishing marks between
baronies and provinces, which are otherwise accorded the same status.
The only difference here is that Corpora explicitly mentions status in
a way that implies precedence equality, and kingdom law mentions
precedence not at all.

Comets can be and have been given to canton members, mind you.

Fortunately, the specifics of this precedence issue is currently moot for us...

-Emma