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Section 3: Territorial Barons and Baronesses

   1.A Territorial Baron or Baroness (hereinafter called Baron/ess)
     shall be defined as a person who is recognized by the Crown of
     Ansteorra as holding a Barony in fief for the Crown of Ansteorra.
   2.It shall be the duty of a Baron/ess to swear fealty and allegiance
     to the Crown of Ansteorra.
   3.The responsibilities of the Baron/ess shall be:
        1.To reflect the Royal Presence in the Barony when the Crown
          cannot be in attendance.
        2.To ensure, for the Crown, the well being and contentment of the
          Barony and of theirsubjects therein, to provide a Baronial court
          for the training of officers valuable to the Crown, and to
          encourage historical interaction, research, and creativity
          within the Barony.
        3.To counsel the Crown, and to petition the Crown on matters pertaining to the Barony, and
          on behalf of the members of the population thereof.
        4.To attend the needs, public and private, and comforts of the Crown of Ansteorra, and to
          extend the hospitality of the Barony to all visiting Royalty and Nobility.
        5.To assist the Crown and Kingdom Seneschal in arranging sites and autocrats for Crown
          Tournaments and Coronations.
        6.As the Crown's representative, he/she may hold Court as required within the Barony.
   4.Failure to perform the above duties to the satisfaction of the Crown shall be grounds for
     removal or suspension.
   5.The Crown may remove a Territorial Baron/ess for stated written cause. This action will
require the solicitation of written opinions of the populace.
   6.The Crown may appoint a Vicar and/or Vicaress to oversee a Barony as the need arises. The
     rights, responsibilities and prerogatives of the Vicar and/or Vicaress shall be as specified
      by theCrown. In the absence of a specific declaration by the Crown, a Vicar and/or Vicaress
    shall be considered to have the powers and duties granted in Section 3(b) and (c), but shall
     not have the power to create or grant any award without the Crown's express written
permission.
   7.A Territorial Baron/ess may bear the Baronial Arms in canton upon their own.
   8.The Baron/ess at the time of the creation of a Barony is the Founding Baron/ess. The founding
     Baron/ess shall have the perpetual right to bear the Baronial Arms in canton upon their own
     arms and maintain the perpetual title "Baron/ess (fief)".
   9.In recognition of their service to the Realm, a retiring Baron/ess may at the pleasure of the
     Crown, be granted the title of Court Baron/ess with precedence dating from the date of their
     investiture as Territorial Baron/ess. Additionally they may bear an Ansteorran Star on their
     baronial Coronet.
  10.Appointment to the position of Territorial Baron/ess shall carry with it a Grant of Arms at
      the pleasure of the Crown.
  11.Territorial Baron/ess must maintain a good understanding of the function and rules of the
     offices of Seneschal and Treasurer.
  12.Territorial Baron/ess are required to have a telephone, in cases of separate Baron and
   Baroness at least one of them must have a telephone..
  13.Territorial Baron/ess must be paid members in the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc..
  14.Territorial Baron/ess must live within the territories of their Barony.

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