Meanwhile, it had acquired the lordship of Stargard in 1292 and the countship of Schwerin in 1358.
He took an active part in the tribal warfare between his own clan and the MacQuillins and, by defeating the latter at Glenshesk in 1558, acquired the lordship of the Route.
The British crown acquired the lordship in 1764, but never incorporated the island into the United Kingdom.
Adding protectorates over churches to their inherited offices, domains, and fiefs while acquiring other lordships and counties through marriage, they built up principalities that were as precarious as they were powerful.
He himself acquired the Kilkenny estates in Ireland and the lordship of Usk and Caerleon in south Wales, making him the greatest lord in south Wales; in Glamorgan especially he was almost an independent prince.
It states that the over-lordship of the earth may be acquired by sacrificing a horse.
Through patronage and donations the abbey gained the advowsons of countless churches throughout England, and acquired a considerable amount of land, and several manorial lordships.
The family acquired the lands around Trafford in about 1200, when Richard de Trafford was given the lordship of Stretford by Hamon de Massey, 4th Baron of Dunham.
The Venetians had to negotiate a state of neutrality with the Turks and find another economic base to compensate for the smaller yield now to be expected from trade with the East, so they turned to the Italian mainland, first to rid themselves of neighbouring lordships and then to defend and exploit the rich lands they had acquired.
He was also granted the lordship of Ireland (1177), which he visited from April to late 1185, committing youthful political indiscretions from which he acquired a reputation for reckless irresponsibility.
