Talk:Lord of the Manor
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Why the capital "M" for "manor"? It's not as if it's an official title, just a convention. Or maybe I'm wrong... Deb 16:45, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Manors are propper names - e.g. the Manor of Pifflingswort; hence the Lord of that manor is the Lord of the Manor of Pifflinglswort. Since Pifflingswort is the Manor (of Pifflingswort) as well as a manor, the capitalisation of "Lord of the Manor" is correct, I should think. 80.255 09:47, 22 May 2004 (UTC)
Anyone wishing to rewrite or add to this article should possibly get some advice from the Manorial Society of Great Britain, who are, I believe, based in a house in Kennington Road, London. The Chairman is someone called Robert Smith.
Remember that there are no hard and fast facts when dealing with these matters. In most writings it is referred to as "lord of the manor", however I think to be honest capitalisation about names and major points is quite appropriate in our language. If you look on an OS map you will see that in a village the "Manor House" is always in capital letters, and anyone styling themself as "Lord" also uses a capital as it is part of their name.
Also please remember that the manorial society of great britain is not a statutory authority or official/expert organisation - it is merely a conduit for the auctioneering of manorial lordships.
I recall seeing their annual newsletter in our library at college. Isabella84 18:15, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
THERE IS NOTHING HERE ON FREEHOLDERS IN THE MIDDLE AGES THAT IS WHAT I AM LOOKIN FOR
[edit] Edits on 30 Aug 2006
A lot of potentailly good material has been added by a new user but there are a few issues.
- The article is now unstructured. Material has been added at the end. Editing should involve blending in all exisiting material and then using section headings, sub-headings and bullets. Where there are places and people that are themselves articles in Wikipedia, there should be links eg a typical link. I have asked the user to do this. A large piece of text is quite daunting otherwise. See Wikipedia:Tutorial
- We cannot merely add material that has been produced by someone else without getting permission. I have asked the user that this is received in writing.
- Phrases such as "historians agree" generally prompt the question: which historians? Where possible there should be references when making assertions. I have asked that references are included whenever possible.
Before making these changes myself, I want to ensure that the material is not copyright. I also do not want to discourage an expert in this area from contributing. I am therefore giving this user a chance to bring the article up to standard. JMcC 15:18, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
User provided an external link to Manorial Society of Great Britain as a reference but this showed the material had merely been copied. No attempt was made to integrate material. It was therefore deleted. External link to this material added instead. JMcC 07:00, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
