Peerage and Nobility Act 1750

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((The Following Act is posted on the Information Boards of Warwick Castle))

 

Peerage and Nobility Act 1750

This Royal Act has been made Law based on the Royal Prerogative of the King of Suffonia

 

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Article I - Ennoblement

a) All titles of nobility must be granted with an Ennoblement Ceremony held by the King, in which the grantee of the title of nobility  (i) must swear his allegiance to the Crown and (ii) will be granted his Cloak and Sceptre of Ennoblement.

b) Upon the completion of the Ennoblement Ceremony, the grantee of a title of nobility is created a Peer of the Realm and his house will be elevated as a noble House of the Kingdom.

c) If a title of nobility is to be granted to a Peer of the Realm or a member of the nobility, the concerning ceremony will still be named as ennoblement ceremony, but the ceremony itself and the letters patent issued concerning the title of nobility will be amended as applicable.

d) Cloaks and Sceptres of Ennoblement may only be worn or held for (i) ceremonies of ennoblement or title transfer, (ii) ceremonies of vassalage, (iii) royal weddings or (iv) events where the King specifically allows so. 

e) Cloaks and Sceptres of Ennoblement for a particular title art only crafted once for the initial Ennoblement Ceremony and the same attire will be used for following ceremonies, thus Peers of the Realm must to safeguard these attire and will not be compensated for their losses.

 

Article II - Titles of Nobility

a) Titles of nobility of the Kingdom of Suffonia art in hierarchical order art (i) baron, (ii) viscount, (iii) count, (iv) marquess and (v) duke.

b) Requirements of eligibility for titles of nobility will be declared by a Royal Decree and if no Royal Decree is issue, the King will determine eligibility requirements with his own will, taking precedence and tradition in to consideration.

c) Styles of addressing for the holders of titles of nobility will be determined by a Royal Decree.

d) Titles of nobility will be deemed as legally acquired in full, following the Ennoblement Ceremony as per Article I of this Act.

e) When a holder of a title of nobility passes away, the heir of that title of nobility, as per Suffonian Code on Inheritance and Succession, No: I, will de facto assume the concerning title of nobility but an Ennoblement Ceremony as per Article I of this Act will be required for de jure assumption of the title, without the requirement of any further letters patent.

 

Article III - Privileges of Nobility

a) Relatives of Peers of the Realm as acknowledged and recorded by the Master of the Heraldry art deemed as noble.

b) Nobles may carry arms and may ride horses within the borders of the pomerium of Warwick City, excluding vicinity of Pembroke Palace.

c) Nobles may keep polar bears as pets for recreational purposes.

d) Nobles may hunt rabbits in his Royal Majesty's woods, as long as their acts reasonably does not endanger the species within Suffonia.

e) Nobles may keep bees for commercial or recreational purposes or employ or encourage commoners for apiculture.

f) Male nobles may be accepted as squires by any Suffonian Knight, regardless of their age, without the requirement of serving as a page.

 

Article IV - Privileges of Peers

a) Persons granted a title of nobility with a letters patent issued by the King of Suffonia and their successors in accordance with Code on Inheritance and Succession, No: I, and as acknowledged by the King, art deemed as Peers of the Realm.

b) All privileges granted hitherby under Article III of this Act art also granted to the Peers of the Realm.

c) Peers may hunt foxes in his Royal Majesty's woods, as long as their acts reasonably does not endanger the species within Suffonia.

d) Peers may hunt dolphins from his Royal Majesty's seas, as long as their acts reasonably does not endanger the species within Suffonia.

e) Peers art allowed access to the Suffolk Crypts and royal palaces.

f) Peers of the Realm may request a private audience with the King.

 

Article V - Obligations of Nobility and Peers

a) Peers of the Realm art tasked and obligated to follow, apply and comply Suffonian Law and to dictate and ensure the compliance of their subjects and respective families to Suffonian Law.

b) Peers of the Realm and their noble families must ensure that all of their acts and deeds benefits the Crown of Suffonia and they may not undertake or do anything that would harm the Crown of Suffonia.

c) During times of war or when the need presents itself, Peers of the Realm and their noble families must rally all of their resources, including but not limited to human and monetary resources, for the cause of the Crown of Suffonia, as instructed by the Crown of Suffonia. 

d) During times of peace, Peers of the Realm and their noble families must allocate their guard force to the Crimson Guard, as to be arranged into appropriate units and ranks by the Captain of the Crimson Guard.

 

Article VI - Privileges of Tenant Peers

a) Peers who art given land or fief outside of the pomerium of Warwick City, or the pomerium of any royal capital as designated by the King of Suffonia art named Tenant Peers for the purposes of this Act and Suffonian legal procedure.

b) Judicial and legislative rights of Tenant Peers concerning their fief art limited as regulated under Suffonian Code on Legal Procedure, No: I.

c) Tenant Peers may choose to retain their own armed guard force as per Article VII of this Act and art not obligated to comply with Article V/d.

 

Article VII - Armed Forces of Tenant Peers

a) Tenant Peers may retain a guard force regiment for the protection and execution of their rights over their controlled fief.

b) Tenant Peers may not form or retain an army nor name their guard force or guard ranks in anyway that may be associated with an army, including but not limited to ranks such as general or marshal.

c) If a Lord Marshal is appointed by the King in accordance with Article II/b of the Administration Act 1737, all Tenant Peers must appoint a Captain to assume command of their retained guard force regiment whom will directly answer to the Lord Marshal in all matters until his tenure ends.

d) Tenant Peers may retain vessels, with or without offensive capacity, built for the purpose of traveling on waterways, but they may not form or retain a navy nor name or rank their vessels or sailors in anyway that may be associated with a navy, including but not limited to ranks such as commodore or admiral.

 

Article VIII - Bureaucratic Organisation of Tenant Peers

a) Tenant Peers may appoint advisors or form councils for their controlled fief as necessary. 

b) To prevent chaos and confusion between bureaucratic organisations of the Kingdom, Tenant Peers may not name their advisors as ministers nor as chancellor or name their councils as privy council or cabinet.

 

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DIEU MON DROIT,

HIS ROYAL MAJESTY Edward I of the House of Suffolk, King of Suffonia,

Duke of Warwick, Count of Pembroke and Baron of Alnwick