[fieldset2=Earldom of Wiltshire]
Earl: Sir Thomas Stanley
Wealth: Average (30'000)
Militia: Average (1'000)
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Isle of Mann
Raiding History: Man has a history of being a favorite haunt of raiders, from the Irishmen of Ulster who conquered it from the native Britons to the Vikings who took it from the Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria which had seized it from said Irish. Between about 850 and 1275 it was ruled by the Norse, after which the Scots finally took it from them and in so doing put the ghost of the Viking Age in most of the British Isles to rest, and finally the English permanently took control of it following the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346. The islanders are thus skilled traders and seafarers with little to fear from raiders. +5% income, +1 to naval battles.
Wiltshire
Salisbury Plain: This 'plain' is actually a sparsely-populated chalk plateau whose most famous attraction is Stonehenge, an ancient set of standing stones that dates back to pre-Roman times but which is currently popularly believed to have been built by Merlin thanks to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. Nonetheless, several villages inhabited by tough folk and hill forts dating back to Roman and Saxon times do dot the landscape here. +1 to levy rolls.
Last edited by The Mad Skylord; December 08, 2016 at 01:40 PM.
To Thomas Stanley, Lord of the Isle of Mann, Lord of Whiltshire, etc, etc,
On pilgrimage to Limpley Stoke in Wiltshire, I was informed of the news that a sacred relic, that of the Thumb of Saint Edith, has recently been stolen by some scoundrel in the county. I intend to investigate the matter thoroughly, with the aid of local secular and ecclesiastical authorities, sitting as judge in a formal canonical tribunal investigation. I am subject to supercedence and do not wish to impose upon local authorities in this matter; however, such a grave theft cannot go uninvestigated by the church. We are confident the relic can be recovered and I pray to the Lord Our God that it will be. If the thief is discovered, he will be handed over to you for formal trial and censure following a conviction in my ad hoc tribunal. I am offering a novena for the wellbeing of Wiltshire, and your Lordship.
Peel Castle, Stanley Estates
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