After the Norman conquest of England, however, all the land of England was owned by the monarch who then granted the use of it by means of a transaction known as enfeoffment, to earls, barons, and others, in return for military service. The person who held feudal land directly from the...
Spencer House, London - formerly the London residence of the Earls Spencer Marlborough House, London - now the home of the Commonwealth Secretariat, earlier the residence of the Prince of Wales and later Queen Mary the Queen Mother (1936-1953) Clarence House, London- the residence of the late...