David I think you will find it is the lordship of Rudheath, in Davenham parish, some way from Chester. Guy Lawton On 26 February 2014 08:52, David Gregory <moss.wood@melton.mail1.co.uk>wrote: > > I concluded that Lordship defines an area because > my wife's family had an ancestor living in the Lordship > of Ruddech which appears to be somewhere around > the Chester area. > > David Gregory > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Yes David: a lordship was an area of land. Under the fuedal system, a barony could be split in to Lordships via enfeoffment. Carole Sent from my iPad On 26 Feb 2014, at 23:04, "Guy Lawton" <guylawton@gmail.com> wrote: > David > > I think you will find it is the lordship of Rudheath, in Davenham parish, > some way from Chester. > > Guy Lawton > > > On 26 February 2014 08:52, David Gregory <moss.wood@melton.mail1.co.uk>wrote: > >> >> I concluded that Lordship defines an area because >> my wife's family had an ancestor living in the Lordship >> of Ruddech which appears to be somewhere around >> the Chester area. >> >> David Gregory >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message