Sentence examples for of lordship from inspiring English sources

Located just off of Lordship Lane with local amenities close, offered vacate and chain free.

He threw in the ancient feudal title of Lordship of the Manor of Threlkeld with the deal, but failed to attract a serious buyer.

The line of lordship was regarded as the line of elder brothers, who therefore enjoyed not only political superiority but also seniority in the family line.

He argued that the exercise of lordship depended on grace and that, therefore, a sinful man had no right to authority.

In a city proud of its traditions of "freedom," he maintained his claim to be a private citizen, refused all titles of lordship, and held the powerful office of "standard-bearer of justice" for only three two-month periods.

The devolution of power led to a fragmented polity; at every level lords depended on the services of sworn retainers who were usually rewarded with the tenures of lordship called fiefs (feuda).

Each state was organized into a pattern of lordships by the ruling Christian minority.

In this way was completed a devolution of power from the undivided empire of the 9th century to a checkerboard of lordships in the 11th lordships in which the control of castles was the chief determinant of success.

Bavaria's new strength, however, was intolerable to neighbouring Austria, which immediately laid claim to a number of lordships, alleging them to be lapsed fiefs of the Bohemian, Austrian, and imperial crowns.

William I of England established a series of lordships, allocated to his most powerful warriors along the Welsh border, the boundaries fixed only to the east.

The length of the train also denotes the rank of the wearer: duchesses have two-yard trains, marchionesses one and three quarters, countesses one and a half, viscountesses one and a quarter, and baronesses (and female holders of lordships of Parliament) one.