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FEUDAL
BARON'S PLEASE
NOTE:
The
Lord Lyon has
recently made
it clear that
from the 1st
March 2018 it
will be his
intention to
no longer make
mention, in
Letters Patent
granting
armorial
bearings, of a
petitioner’s
ownership of a
Feudal Barony
and therefore
status as
Feudal Baron.
The Armorial
Register
Limited is
aware
of the
situation now
arising and
how this may
affect
existing and
future
barons. New
barons will of
course have
their
Assignation
and we are
reliably
informed that
the Custodian
of the
Scottish Barony Register
(SBR) is
looking into
producing a
more
‘displayable’
certificate of
registration.
Whether
someone is or
is not a baron
has never been
within the
gift of the
Lord Lyon and
has never been
dependent upon
his
recognition;
it is a matter
of fact and
the facts lie
in the
conveyancing
material
leading up to
the
Assignation.
Successive
Lyons appear
to have long
accepted that
they are not
conveyancers
and some time
ago Lyon Blair
deputed his
decision
making as to
who has and
has not a
valid claim to
own a
feudal barony to
a ‘man of
skill’ who
happens to be
the Custodian
of the
“Scottish Barony Register”. It
has always
been the case
that, in terms
of
‘recognition’,
the most
important
factor is that
the
Assignation of
the dignity is
accepted for
registration
in the
Scottish Barony Register.
For
our part, we
will continue
to recognize
and record as
baron those
barons and
their heirs
who have
obtained arms
via the Lord
Lyon and had
their
ownership of
the barony
confirmed in
the Scottish
Barony
Register.
Those who wish
to record
their arms in
our own
Register of
Feudal Lords
and Barons of
the United
Kingdom of
Great Britain
and Northern
Ireland will
continue to
receive a
certificate
recording them
in their
appropriate
status.
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