The number of knight’s fees in Kent was probably about 16, slightly below one-third of the total number. Most of these fees are accounted for by two  second-tier baronies. One was based at Cooling: it belonged to a family which used the surname le Botiller (pincerna in Latin), already established here in about 1090 (doc. 14). The other was based at Leybourne: its early history is obscure, but its owners became important men in the thirteenth century. In 1242 the honour belonged to Margeria de Reviers (d. 1252), the daughter of Warin fiz Gerold (d. 1216). (The surname she used was that of her first husband, Baldwin de Reviers (d. 1216), the father of her son. As for her second husband, she seems to have preferred to forget him.) Apart from the manors which were held directly from the king, some part of Eltham (I do not know which part) was held from the earl of Gloucester, and Eccles was held from Warin de Montchenesi (below, Talebot). Cooling was waiting to be inherited by the heir of Willelm le Botiller; Leybourne belonged to Roger de Leiburne (d. 1250).

This is an incorporeal hereditament title which is hereditary and can be passed on to next of kin. The title does not come with any manorial waste land. It is a ‘Possessory title name with the Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment’

The title has been re-established by legal process and not through a re-grant or re-issue by the Crown

The legal documents that come with this title are:

¨ Deed of Conveyance (signed by a UK registered solicitor)

¨ A Solicitors Letter confirming the new holders right to use the title name

¨ Deed of Creation 

¨ Deed of Assignment

¨ Manorial Certificate

¨ Statement of Truth with respect to the ‘cross-referenced’ research

¨ A ‘To Whom It May Concern’ letter (in triplicate) which enables you to register this title on your official  documents/papers including passport.

Registration on the MDR (Manorial Documents Register) with certification

All the ‘legal-documents detail the laws and section of laws used for the acquisition of this title and the laws covering its sale. 

The history comes on a USB Flash Drive and also a 36-page booklet in pdf format titled:  A HISTORY OF LEYBOURNE CASTLE  

This title is being sold by Private Treaty.

The price inclusive of shipping of the legal package and registration is

£1,250

The new holder has the right to call himself/herself:

Feudal Baron/Baroness of Leybourne  (Honour of Leybourne)