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this Norwood buying a peerage for Â£35 14:56 - Jun 11 with 853 views

I've always assumed that was a scam but given he's got the story out there it's either
1. Not one
2. He's the scammer
3. He doesn't care

Anyone know?

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this Norwood buying a peerage for Â£35 on 15:26 - Jun 11 with 769 views

Guthrum

I haven't heard about this, but those kinds of bought titles are usually just things like "Lord of the Manor of [insert name of village]". They are nothing to do with the actual peerage, just notional left-overs from the feudal era.

Altho they once were a genuine measure of wealth and status, conferring rents and carrying duties such as turning out for one's overlord in wartime, those have generally been entirely stripped away since the Tudor era (or even before). It is nowadays pretty much a meaningless certificate to hang on your wall.

Indeed, one wonders sometimes about the ownership chain and whether that has any historical validity.

Edit: Just looked up the story and it is indeed one of those.

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