[Ravensfort] Kingdom Law and Landed Nobility

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Excerpts from Ansteorran Kingdom Law
Relating to Landed Nobles

Article III : Rights and Duties of the Peers and Nobility

Section 3 : Nobility
The nobility consists of the territorial and court barons and baronesses.
Subsection 1: Territorial Barons and Baronesses

A. A territorial baron or baroness (landed noble) is one who holds a barony in
fief for the Crown of Ansteorra.

B. Landed nobles must be paid members of the SCA with access to the Black
Star.

C. Landed nobles cannot hold the office of seneschal or treasurer at any level.

D. The rights of landed nobles are as follows:
   1. To bear the baronial arms in canton on their own.
   2. To veto one candidate that applies for a local branch officer position.
   3. To petition the Crown to create or modify a Baronial Service Order.

E. The landed nobles at the time of the creation of a barony are the founding
baron or baroness. The founding landed nobles have the perpetual right to
bear the baronial arms in canton on their own arms and to maintain the
perpetual title “Baron or Baroness (fief).”

F. The duties and responsibilities of the landed nobles are to do as follows:
   1. Swear fealty and allegiance to the Crown of Ansteorra.
   2. Reflect the royal presence in the barony when the Crown cannot be in
   attendance.
   3. Ensure, for the Crown, the well-being and contentment of their barony
   and of their subjects.
   4. Ensure, for the Crown, the efficacy of the officers of the barony.
   5. Provide a baronial court for the training of officers valuable to the
   Crown.
   6. Encourage historical interaction, research, and creativity in the barony.
   7. Cousel the Crown.
   8. Petition the Crown on matters pertaining to the barony, and on behalf
   of the members of their populace.
   9. Counsel the kingdom and regional officers in matters concerning their
   barony.
   10. Maintain a good understanding of the function and rules of the offices
   of seneschal and treasurer.
   11. Attend to the needs, public and private, of the Crown.
   12. Extend the hospitality of the barony to all visiting royalty and nobility.
   13. Assist the Crown and Kingdom Seneschal in arranging sites and
   autocrats for Crown Tournaments and Coronations.
   14. Hold court as required in the barony, as the Crown’s representative.
   15. Have a telephone. If the baron and baroness do not share a residence,
   both must have a telephone.

G. Failure to perform these duties to the satisfaction of the Crown is grounds
for removal or suspension.

H. The Crown may remove a territorial baron or baroness for stated written
cause. This action requires the solicitation of written opinions of the
populace of the barony.

I. If the Crown grants a retiring landed noble the title of court baron or
baroness, the precedence dates from the date of the landed noble’s
investiture as territorial baron or baroness.

J. Appointment to the position of Territorial Baron or Baroness shall carry
with it precedence immediately below the Royal Family.



		
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