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<blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 4057956" data-attributes="member: 5"><p>I would also point out that not everyone from a noble family lives in the same town. Most of the first borns might be off where they have land. If more than one line from a family is landed, they might very well both be out, though they might keep a residence in town for trips in. Further, I would suggest that while one extreme might by upper end royalty, at the other end of the spectrum might be a down-on-his-luck son of an earl with one or two retainers keeping an eye on this sixth-born son with no prospects and a gambling problem being "kept" in a place by that earl out of a sense of obligation. I would further suggest most such houses would be a handful of family members with one or two servants or one per family member, perhaps a few extra if it is close to the head of a noble family or in line to someday be the head. There can be people who might trace lineage back 500 years to a baron who have no prospects whatsoever but are nonetheless aristocrats in the eyes of the peerage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark, post: 4057956, member: 5"] I would also point out that not everyone from a noble family lives in the same town. Most of the first borns might be off where they have land. If more than one line from a family is landed, they might very well both be out, though they might keep a residence in town for trips in. Further, I would suggest that while one extreme might by upper end royalty, at the other end of the spectrum might be a down-on-his-luck son of an earl with one or two retainers keeping an eye on this sixth-born son with no prospects and a gambling problem being "kept" in a place by that earl out of a sense of obligation. I would further suggest most such houses would be a handful of family members with one or two servants or one per family member, perhaps a few extra if it is close to the head of a noble family or in line to someday be the head. There can be people who might trace lineage back 500 years to a baron who have no prospects whatsoever but are nonetheless aristocrats in the eyes of the peerage. [/QUOTE]
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