Another title that is fictitious. There was never  a Lord of the Manor of Packwoods. this is a title sold by the notorious Manorial Counsel ltd (Kevin Norris) with a notice submitted to the Official Gazette fraudulently by their solicitors, Hattons.

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Jerry Paul

I recently came across this article in the Shreveport Sun claiming that Mr. Tony Williams had been ‘awarded’ the title of Lord of the Manor of Packwoods, this ‘manor’ supposedly being in the Parish of Boxted in the English county of Essex. The Parish of Boxted is in fact a village and parish within the City of Colchester district of Essex in the south-east of England.

As an Englishman, with Scottish ancestry, who has served the British Crown in the British Army for 18 years, and who lived in Essex, very close to Boxted in fact, for a number of years during that service, I would wish to set the record straight and advise that there is no ‘Manor of Packwoods’ in the village, there has not been for several centuries (see reference 1), and that this ‘title’ is completely fake. The alleged ‘title’ has in fact been purchased, not awarded, not granted, not conferred, not inherited, from a company called Manorial Counsel Limited, from whom a plethora of similar fake ‘titles’ can be purchased for considerable sums of money (see reference 2). Such purchased ‘titles’ are entirely illegitimate, do not render the purchaser a Lord, do not represent an Honour, and are a complete scam on behalf of Manorial Counsel Limited. The holders of such purchased ‘titles’ have no association with or connection to British Royalty or the British Royal Family, or the aristocracy or Peerage of the United Kingdom; to claim to do so is entirely false and reprehensible. To use a photograph of King Charles III of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as published by the Shreveport Sun, to imply a Royal connection by virtue of having purchased a fake ‘title’ is unconscionable and crass.

Manorial Counsel Limited is an English company that claims to offer “Reconstructed Lordships” that are supposedly restored with the assistance of lawyers in accordance with British law. The company searches for old “dormant Lordship or Baron titles” that have not been used or recorded for centuries or even a thousand years. They claim to copy the old rights associated with these titles and create new rights, effectively generating a new coexisting title. However, the Limitation Act of 1980 (Reference 3) clearly states that no Lordships can be restored. Additionally, the Land Registration Act of 2002 (Reference 4) and Case Law in 2009 confirm this. Incorporeal hereditaments (such as Lordships) cannot be claimed or prescribed. Therefore, the idea of restoring Lordships is legally invalid. Genuine Lordships must have properly recorded documents verified since their creation (often dating back to 1066). Reconstructed Lordships lack these genuine historical documents. Manorial Counsel reconstructs Lordships that are mentioned only once in official records, primarily around 1066; these reconstructed titles lack the unbroken chain of documented evidence required for legitimacy. In summary, while Manorial Counsel offers titles for sale, they are not genuine Lordships or Barons titles.

Further information about the growing trade in fake titles can be found on the website at reference 5 below.

References:

1. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol10/pp59-62

2. https://manorialcounselltd.co.uk/

3. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/58/contents

4. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/9/contents

5. https://www.faketitles.com/

It would wise for the Shreveport Sun to carry out appropriate research in future before publishing such erronious articles!