Earl of Hereford

WHAT A DILEMA

FEUDAL EARLDOM OF HEREFORD

Lord Sean Thomas Arthur Rafferty, ‘‘Earl of Hereford’’ ®
Lord Sean Thomas Arthur Rafferty, ‘‘The Earl of Hereford’’ ®
Lord Sean Thomas Arthur Rafferty, Holder of ‘‘Earl of Hereford’’ ®

Guess what? Manorial Counsel sold this title in 2023 to an unsuspecting French Client. The attached copy of The Gazette notice not only has a mistake, so it will not be displayed on The Gazette under a normal search of the title name. Manorial Counsel sold it for £25,000, so, the French client was seriously ripped off 

It is a possessory title only. It is worth, with registration on the Gazette, not more than £8-9000, but even that amount is too much. Don't forget it is the use of the name only

In all of Manorial Counsels legal documents the two words of 'Quiet Enjoyment' are repeated. No actual laws or sections of law that one would expect to see in a legal letter. It is doubtful that Barristers were involved as detailed on Manorial Counsels website. It is simply the law of possession that is being used. We know as we have copies of those legal papers that come with manorial package as on of their clients emailed copies. Those copies are with our own solicitors.

Don't forget that Manorial Counsels solicitors work for Manorial Counsel and not their clients.

What most people are unaware of is that Michael Baxendale, an international lawyer who is experienced in manorial law has enjoyed a 100% success rate in claiming money back for titles sold by Manorial Counsel for several of his clients. 

You cannot trust manorial Counsels solicitors to act for you. 

No one would purchase a property or land and use the same solicitor as the vendor. The vendor's solicitor would almost certainly tell you that he/she cannot act for you as otherwise it would be a conflict of interest with their client.  Therefore, it always surprises us when people part with a lot of money in buying titles from Manorial Counsel which are nothing more than in name only, and rely on Manorial Counsels solicitors instead of instructing their own to act for them.  

None of the legal documents sent with a purchased title from Manorial Counsel say how they acquired a title. Without that crucial information it is questionable as to whether they have the right to sell a title? They prefer however, to hide behind the two words of Intellectual Property, in order not to tell you how they acquired a title. Unfortunately, for Manorial Counsel and their clients, that makes the legal paperwork invalid.

Speak with Michael Baxendale if you think that anything written here or on this website is fictitious and inaccurate. 

This is not the only website giving evidence of mis-practice with platforms selling manorial and feudal titles.  There are other platforms out there saying the same. www.lord.org  / faketitles.com and many more.

Faketitles being run by a friend: Richard Bridgeman the 7th Earl of Bradford. A genuine title and not a possessory one of vanity. 

Titles acquired under the possession laws are not worth thousands of pounds, not even when registered on The Gazette. Many Lord of the Manor titles acquired in this way are only worth a few hundred pounds and maybe £1,250-£1,750 with registration on the Gazette, but certainly no more than that. These titles are nothing like those titles which have a complete set of deeds of previous holders. 

Possessory  titles including  Earl, Duke, Viscount and Marquis are again just in name. It is the Quiet Enjoyment of the name. It doesn't make a person with such a title and actual Earl, Duke, Viscount or Marquis and it would be illegal to use such a name to obtain a service or product as that would be deception. (Obtaining a Service/product by deception)

It is easy to check such a title on the relevant official rolls. If a title is not listed on the relevant official rolls, then it doesn't exist.  It is purely of vanity use by the holder. It is no different to a pub calling itself the 'Duke of Wellington' or a restaurant the 'Earl of Windsor'. Pubs and restaurants do not pay anything for such a name and to register such a name on Companies House costs £50.  As a Trademark name..£180. So, why go and pay Manorial Counsel thousands.  You could register a name yourself for a very small outlay.

Kevin Norris of Manorial Counsel lives in a fantasy land with his title and calling himself Sir. He is not on any official rolls and therefore his titles are of vanity use only. He is ridiculed in the House of Lords. How do we know that? Well we are regularly invited there.  

Of course Manorial Counsel are not the only dubious company. There are several others including Nobility.co.uk They are all detailed on this platform

Our offer to the holder of the title listed below in the Gazette is that we will help you, for free, to claim your money back from Manorial Counsel. Don't forget that Sean Rafferty also has the same title. You cannot touch his title as he has it trademarked, therefore you are really breaking the UK trademark law by using this title name yourself.

A FRAUDULETLY SUBMITTED NOTICE TO THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE