Peter, Count of Mparo, Viscount of Kahoora, 18th Baron of Burford and 16th Lord of St. Helens 1st OOBK, 1st OEBKK, KGCStE etc. etc. etc., is a German State examined Business Manager for hotel and catering industry, Hotel expert, Lecturer in Tourism Management, Expert for financial Hotel reorganization, restructuring specialist for Hotel industry and gastronomy. He succeeded to the titles of 18th Baron of Burford in 2011, and Lord of the Manor of St. Helens in Berkshire in 2017, by conveyance. The Baron is inter alia a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of St. Edward the Confessor.
The Baron of Burford is a highly decorated dignitary of the Subnational Monarchy Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom and he has been granted the hereditary titles from The Subnational Monarchy as Count of Mparo and Viscount of Kahoora. He is also active in high positions of the Subnational Monarchy and his main tasks are to increase life expectancy and enable a livable life. He has been awarded with the highest royal orders of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom and his coat of arms being granted directly by His Majesty The Omukama (King).
Baron of Burford is a feudal title of England. Richards Castle barony, otherwise known as the Honour of BURFORD, is not a normal barony in any respect. It is one of the few Norman baronies in England that can be postulated by implication and documentation as pre-Conquest creations. Richards Castle, like BURFORD / Tenbury motte and Ham [Homme] castle, is amongst those few castles that can tentatively be classified as having been built before the Norman Conquest of 1066. The pre-Conquest history of Richards Castle is similar to that already described at BURFORD. “Lords of the Manor of Burford (Richards Castle)” detectable earlier as the late 889 {King Alfred the Great}. The Manor of Burford including a moiety of the Hundreds of Overs is held for life of the inheritance of the said Hugh de Mortimer, now in the King’s hands by reason of the minority of his heirs, of the King in chief by Barony, and by service of finding five armed men with five barded horses for the whole barony whenever there shall be a war in Wales between the King and the Prince of Wales. Sir Geoffrey Cornwall was the son of Richard de Cornwall. In 1307 he married Margaret de Mortimer, daughter of Hugh de Mortimer, 1st and last Lord Mortimer. Hugh de Mortimer dies; Sir Geoffrey gains the title of the 1st Baron of Burford, Shropshire inheriting half of Hugh’s estates through his wife Margaret.
The history of BURFORD / Tenbury castle possibly began as early as the late 1040's when King Edward the Confessor brought over to England some of his Norman friends. One of these was Ralph Mantes, his nephew by his sister Godgifu and Count Drogo of Vexin in the Norman March. King Edward made him an earl before 1050 at the latest, though whether he was earl of Hereford, a province of Earl Godwin's son Swein (d.29 Sep 1052 in Constantinople), is unlikely. Ralph installed Norman favourites under his command and they seem to have begun constructing castles. In September 1051 Earl Ralph with the men of his earldom joined the royal army at Gloucester; ready, but unwilling to do battle with Earl Godwine who had moved a rebellion against the Crown. The men of Herefordshire, however, were said to have marched under the command of Godwine's son, Swein. After Earl Godwine's bloodless fall from power Earl Ralph certainly obtained Hereford for himself and built a castle there if he had not held any position in the land earlier. Richard's Castle may have been founded at the same time, possibly as the third castle in the county. The circumstantial evidence below also suggests that Richard Fitz Scrope built two other fortresses simultaneously, Homme and BURFORD.
It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 and laid dormant since 286 years.
This traditional Feudal Barony and Lordship include the following ancient and historical titles: Lord Paramount of Tenbury | Overlord of Clifton | Lord of Burford | Honour of Burford | Lord of Richard’s Castle | Lord of Kyre Wyard | Lord of Kyre Magna | Lord of Ham Castle | Lord of Woodmannton | Lord of Sutton Sturmy | Lord of Little Sutton | Lord of Tilsop
In 2011 the Barony title has been re-conveyed upon acquisition to the present Baron. The title of the Barony of Burford in West Midlands of England in the County of Shropshire, as well as the title of the Lordship of St. Helens in the Parish of Abingdon St Helens in the County of Berkshire (since 1974 Oxfordshire), are derived from land rather than a part of the peerage* and embedded in English law as incorporeal hereditaments.
The Manor of St. Helens developed out of an estate on the banks of the Thames in what is now the town of Abingdon. This is said to have belonged in the 7th century to Cilla, the niece of King Cissa and the sister of Hean. According to tradition, she had licence from her uncle and from his successor Caedwalla to found a nunnery there, which she dedicated in the honour of the Holy Cross and St. Helen. After the death of Cilla, who was herself the first abbess, the nunnery was moved to Wytham. This story is possibly a romance, and it may be that the site known as Helenstow took its name from the church there which was and is under the invocation of St. Helen.
The site of the supposed sisterhood must have been granted at an early date to Abingdon Abbey. It is probably to be identified with the 3 hides in Barton which in 1086 were held of the abbot by one Rainald, elsewhere called Rainald de St. Helen. They had been held previously by Alward, a priest, and Lewin, a goldsmith.
Rainald de St. Helen had a son Turstin, who is recorded to have given the abbot land near the bridge of 'Yccheford' for land in Helenstow near the old weir. His successor was probably the Richard de St. Helen, a knight of Abingdon, who incurred the displeasure of King Stephen. Abbot Ingulf was ordered to disinherit him, but fearing that the abbey would lose its right in Richard's estates he preferred to give him money to pay his fine. This he did by stripping the gold and silver coverings from twelve reliquaries of the church. John de St. Helen, the successor of Richard, held of the abbot in 1166 three knights' fees lying in Abingdon, Frilford, Hendred and elsewhere. He was succeeded by a son John whose lands were forfeited by King John and restored by Henry III. The younger John had two daughters and co-heirs, Meliora and Maud, the wives respectively of John de Turberville and Philip de St. Helen, perhaps a kinsman. An entry in an ancient rental of Christ's Hospital suggests that part of the manor had already been granted to the gild of the Holy Cross. The rest came by partition to Maud and Philip, from whom William de St. Helen, the tenant in 1330, was presumably descended. William had a son Philip and a daughter Maud. Philip was dead in 1373, when his wife Alice was holding the manor for her life in accordance with a settlement on her husband and herself in tail. The reversion belonged to Maud, who conveyed it to Aumary de St. Amand. Alice subsequently attempted to dispose of the manor as though she held it in fee simple, but Aumary was able to make good his claim. In 1402 he settled it on himself and his wife Eleanor with remainder to trustees. He died in the same year, and Eleanor entered on the manor by her attorneys. She died in 1426, when she held no land in Berkshire, and the manor was shortly afterwards in the hands of John Golafre of Fyfield, to whom it had probably been conveyed by the trustees.
The legal documentation of assignment of the title rights (set of deeds/ conveyance deeds) has been thoroughly reviewed, approved and provably confirmed by London Barristers and UK registered Solicitors (SRA).
The legal ownership was officially announced in The Gazette, the official public record of Her Majesty's Government.
*An English feudal barony is an ancient title which relates to land tenure and should not be confused with a title of the peerage (parliamentary title).
The history of BURFORD / Tenbury castle possibly began as early as the late 1040's when King Edward the Confessor brought over to England some of his Norman friends. One of these was Ralph Mantes, his nephew by his sister Godgifu and Count Drogo of Vexin in the Norman March. King Edward made him an earl before 1050 at the latest, though whether he was earl of Hereford, a province of Earl Godwin's son Swein (d.29 Sep 1052 in Constantinople), is unlikely. Ralph installed Norman favourites under his command and they seem to have begun constructing castles. In September 1051 Earl Ralph with the men of his earldom joined the royal army at Gloucester; ready, but unwilling to do battle with Earl Godwine who had moved a rebellion against the Crown. The men of Herefordshire, however, were said to have marched under the command of Godwine's son, Swein. After Earl Godwine's bloodless fall from power Earl Ralph certainly obtained Hereford for himself and built a castle there if he had not held any position in the land earlier. Richard's Castle may have been founded at the same time, possibly as the third castle in the county. The circumstantial evidence below also suggests that Richard Fitz Scrope built two other fortresses simultaneously, Homme and BURFORD.
It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 and laid dormant since 286 years.
This traditional Feudal Barony and Lordship include the following ancient and historical titles: Lord Paramount of Tenbury | Overlord of Clifton | Lord of Burford | Honour of Burford | Lord of Richard’s Castle | Lord of Kyre Wyard | Lord of Kyre Magna | Lord of Ham Castle | Lord of Woodmannton | Lord of Sutton Sturmy | Lord of Little Sutton | Lord of Tilsop
In 2011 the Barony title has been re-conveyed upon acquisition to the present Baron. The title of the Barony of Burford in West Midlands of England in the County of Shropshire, as well as the title of the Lordship of St. Helens in the Parish of Abingdon St Helens in the County of Berkshire (since 1974 Oxfordshire), are derived from land rather than a part of the peerage* and embedded in English law as incorporeal hereditaments.
The Manor of St. Helens developed out of an estate on the banks of the Thames in what is now the town of Abingdon. This is said to have belonged in the 7th century to Cilla, the niece of King Cissa and the sister of Hean. According to tradition, she had licence from her uncle and from his successor Caedwalla to found a nunnery there, which she dedicated in the honour of the Holy Cross and St. Helen. After the death of Cilla, who was herself the first abbess, the nunnery was moved to Wytham. This story is possibly a romance, and it may be that the site known as Helenstow took its name from the church there which was and is under the invocation of St. Helen.
The site of the supposed sisterhood must have been granted at an early date to Abingdon Abbey. It is probably to be identified with the 3 hides in Barton which in 1086 were held of the abbot by one Rainald, elsewhere called Rainald de St. Helen. They had been held previously by Alward, a priest, and Lewin, a goldsmith.
Rainald de St. Helen had a son Turstin, who is recorded to have given the abbot land near the bridge of 'Yccheford' for land in Helenstow near the old weir. His successor was probably the Richard de St. Helen, a knight of Abingdon, who incurred the displeasure of King Stephen. Abbot Ingulf was ordered to disinherit him, but fearing that the abbey would lose its right in Richard's estates he preferred to give him money to pay his fine. This he did by stripping the gold and silver coverings from twelve reliquaries of the church. John de St. Helen, the successor of Richard, held of the abbot in 1166 three knights' fees lying in Abingdon, Frilford, Hendred and elsewhere. He was succeeded by a son John whose lands were forfeited by King John and restored by Henry III. The younger John had two daughters and co-heirs, Meliora and Maud, the wives respectively of John de Turberville and Philip de St. Helen, perhaps a kinsman. An entry in an ancient rental of Christ's Hospital suggests that part of the manor had already been granted to the gild of the Holy Cross. The rest came by partition to Maud and Philip, from whom William de St. Helen, the tenant in 1330, was presumably descended. William had a son Philip and a daughter Maud. Philip was dead in 1373, when his wife Alice was holding the manor for her life in accordance with a settlement on her husband and herself in tail. The reversion belonged to Maud, who conveyed it to Aumary de St. Amand. Alice subsequently attempted to dispose of the manor as though she held it in fee simple, but Aumary was able to make good his claim. In 1402 he settled it on himself and his wife Eleanor with remainder to trustees. He died in the same year, and Eleanor entered on the manor by her attorneys. She died in 1426, when she held no land in Berkshire, and the manor was shortly afterwards in the hands of John Golafre of Fyfield, to whom it had probably been conveyed by the trustees.
The legal documentation of assignment of the title rights (set of deeds/ conveyance deeds) has been thoroughly reviewed, approved and provably confirmed by London Barristers and UK registered Solicitors (SRA).
The legal ownership was officially announced in The Gazette, the official public record of Her Majesty's Government.
*An English feudal barony is an ancient title which relates to land tenure and should not be confused with a title of the peerage (parliamentary title).
In law the right to the title is classed as an incorporeal hereditament. In simple terms: incorporeal - not "physical", hereditament - can be inherited.
To own a title, the right to use the title has to be legally passed from one individual to another. As a title has no physical presence this is a rather difficult thing to do. Ownership of a title is proved by a set of paper deeds that stretch back through time to when the Manor was first created. Most manorial titles were created shortly after the Norman Conquest as William the Conqueror claimed all land in England as being his (the Crown). Keeping a set of paper deeds for 900 years is a difficult task so the law very early on recognised that a legal remedy was required for losing the deeds, adverse possession and prescription were created.
Most manorial titles do not have a legal owner that can prove their ownership. As it stands the law states you must have a set of deeds going back to 1289. To further make things difficult before 1882 in order to transfer the seigniory (including the lordship title) with the physical land the legal professional handling the death or transfer must have included specific wording to transfer the seigniory with the land. It would probably be no surprise you that this did not happen all the time. So today, to have proof of legal ownership the owner must have a set of deeds for over 700 years and each of those deeds, must have the correct wording, otherwise legal ownership cannot be proved.