Welcome to Manorial Lordships.

Manorial Lordships are Specialist Manorial Property Agents for the sale of manorial lordships and provides a first class estate agency service across a broad range of manorial property.

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• Manorial Lordships.  

• Lordships of the Manor Titles.

• Baron of the Manor Titles.

• Manorial Rights. 

• Manorial Property.

• Manorial Valuations.

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Manorial Lordships belong to some one and are conveyed in precisely the same way as you would convey a house.

Importance of Solicitors

Just as you would not contemplate the purchase of a house without legal advice, so you would be unwise to contemplate the purchase of a Manor without legal advice and you should always appoint an independent solicitor/attorney. Agents such as Manorial Lordships has a panel of solicitors who are well versed in this area of property law and will advise you accordingly, but an intending purchaser is free to appoint any solicitor of his or her choice.

A solicitor is a qualified legal professional who will provide you with specialist legal advice on different areas of law and is responsible for representing a client's legal interest.

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There are lots of benefits of having a solicitor, the key benefits of using a solicitor are that they will guide you every step of the way, making the process quicker and easier and avoids errors, you will be able to get advice when you need it, a solicitor has years of experience and they are up-to-date with all the new legal updates and points of law.

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Solicitors will be look into whether the person or company selling the Manorial Lordship is in fact the legal owner. ‘Legal owner’ is important in law, and is quite different from a ‘beneficial owner’ ("e.g." a beneficiary under a Will where the legal owner is the Executor or Trustee). The solicitor will also make inquiries with the seller’s solicitors about any rights that may be passed. He will also make Land Searches at HM Land Registry.

A solicitor will also check that the Manor is purchased ‘unencumbered’ (ie that there are no unexpected costs, such as the duty to repair the chancel of the local church, or to maintain the village green). A purchaser’s solicitor will also check all Searches to check that the seller is not a bankrupt or (if a company) the solicitor will check companies house register to find where the company is incorporated and will check to see if it has been struck off or in receivership.

Once your offer is accepted, your solicitor will ask the vendor’s solicitor for an Epitome of Title: ie proof of ownership over not less than 15 years (20 years in Ireland). With Manorial Lordships, in Civil Law, title is generally traced back 50 or more years. Proof of ownership is sometimes found in family or estate documents: "Viz." Assents, Probates, Wills, Settlements, Mortgages, Statutory Declarations are common, the latter is supported by persuasive evidence from secondary sources. They are as good as the person making the Declaration and the evidence cite as evidence in documents. The legal wording that will appear in such Conveyances is ‘All and Singular that Manor or Lordship or Reputed Manor or Lordship of Xxxxxxxx, in the parish of Xxxxxxxx, in the County of Xxxxxxxx.’