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| | dazzleberry: Dear Lord. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Logically, then, in 1397, at least some titles had a land connection (not in the sense of family property, of course, but as in having a feudal style responsibility to manage, govern, administer, rent out, use, abuse, whatever). |
 | | According to my research, there is no Earl, Marquess, or Duke of Leicestershire between 1361 and 1563, but clearly the area was populated, and thus I assume someone had some administrative authority over them. |
 | | In early senses, the Marquess would have essentially been an Earl who was more important because he ruled a borderland and was a first line of defense, but at some point, that distinction clearly becomes obselete. |
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