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>It was the King who decided who was a Baron, an Earl or a Lord, and it was on the King's grace that they kept that position. Piss him off, act disloyal and you
by widdershins 12y ago
>It was the King who decided who was a Baron, an Earl or a Lord, and it was on the King's grace that they kept that position. Piss him off, act disloyal and you'll be stripped of your rank.
And sometimes the Baron raised an army, killed the King, and took the throne for himself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England