The Lordship and Manor of Rushton or Rushton James (Staffordshire)

The Overlordship of the Manor of Rushton.



A history of Rushton James can be found here.
Leek: Rushton James', A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 7: Leek and the Moorlands (1996), pp. 219-223. 


 
 

Case Law relating to Manors and their Lordships

The very roots underpinning the manorial system can be found here.


Statute of Westminster I, 1275
Set the baseline for 'time immemorial' as 6 July 1189, being the accession of King Richard I (the Lionheart).