Greetings from an Anglophile whose DNA is 90 percent from the UK 5 percent from Scandinavia, and 5 percent from Western Europe.

 

Does the title lord always mean a person of significant national position granted by the monarch or can it simply mean “lord of the manor”, a revered person, a rich person (job giver), or other local position?

 

The Lords in my family tree include

 

William Lord Smythe 1505-1560

Sir John, 1st Lord de Engaine 1302-1358

Colonel John Lord Radcliffe Hutchinson 1615-1664 Sir Thomas Lord of Radcliffe Hutchinson, Baronet 1587-1643 Sir John Byron, Lord of Clayton Hall 1556- Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet and builder of Blickling Castle, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1560-1625 Lord John Lisle of Cromwell’s government 1600-1664 Sir Edmund Howard, Lord of Flodden Field 1478-1539, father of Catherine Howard (I am related to King Henry VIII through his marriage to Catherine Howard) *I once stayed at Thornburg Castle in Western England where King Henry VIII stayed for 2 weeks with Anne Boleyn* Nicholas Woodroffe, Lord Mayor of London 1530-1598 Charles, 9th Lord Ephinstone 1676-1757

 

Also, Sir Humphrey Brewster (1410-1439), my 15th GG, is also the 15th GG to both HRH Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spenser Brewster.

 

I am 72,

 

With all the current travel restrictions I have had more time to spend researching my genealogy and have been fortunate to connect with some well researched lines.  My research has taken me back to the 900’s.

 

I not only enjoy the subjects and times that you write of but also your style of writing.  If you wrote a cookbook, I would read it.

 

Thanks for all the great times I have had reading and re-reading your books.

 

Don