This Title is Escheat (returned to the Crown). It is being sold as a novelty title.

Don’t be ripped off by any company/platform selling this as a genuine title. A genuine feudal barony title with a complete set of deeds is valued around £100,000.  A Feudal Barony Title  - Possessory Title with the Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment is valued around £1,000 - £1,250

 Powerstock is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated in a steep valley on the edge of the Dorset Downs, 5 miles (8 km) north-east of the market town of Bridport. The civil parish includes the village of West Milton to the west and the summit and northern slopes of Eggardon Hill to the south-east. Powerstock village contains many cottages and two inns: The Three Horseshoes near the church and The Marquis of Lorne Inn on the other side of the valley in a small hamlet called Nettlecombe. The small Mangerton River runs through the valley.

In 2013 the parish had an estimated population of 290. In the 2011 census figures have been published for Powerstock parish combined with the small parish of North Poorton to the north; the population in this area was 358.

Powerstock was rated as among the "20 most beautiful villages in the UK and Ireland" by Condé Nast Traveler in 2020.

History

The origins of the name Powerstock have not been fully determined; the second part derives from the Old English stoc, meaning an outlying farmstead, but the first part—similar to the nearby settlement of Poorton—is unresolved. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Povrestoch.

Powerstock Castle is a medieval motte and bailey castle. St Mary's Parish Church dates from the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building.

According to one source, the name was 'Poorstock' until the Bridport Railway was built through the village in 1857, when the change to Powerstock was made to avoid connotations of 'poor (rolling) stock'. However another source states the name existed in its current form as early as 1787. Powerstock railway station (and the entire Bridport branch line) closed on 5 May 1975.

Early profile of the Feudal Barony of Poorstock:

Person Profiles (16)

A

Robert (Arundel) de Arundel abt 1075 - aft 1135

Roger Arundel - 1165

Roger Arundel Normandy, France - abt 1100

D

Henry Downs bef 25 Dec 1778 Powerstock, Dorset, England - Jan 1861

F

Robert FitzPayn bef 1287 Charlton Grey, Somerset, England - 30 Nov 1354

Robert FitzPayn abt 1255 Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales - 22 Aug 1315

F cont.

Robert FitzPayn bef 29 Jun 1225 Monmouthshire, Wales - bef 27 Apr 1281

Robert Fitzpayn abt 1165 Powerstock, Dorset, England - abt 1220

Roger Fitzpayn abt 1195 Dorset, England - bef 14 Oct 1237

G

Matilda (Glastonia) de Newburgh abt 1150

N

Henry Newburgh abt 1226 Dorset, England - aft 1276

N cont.

John (Newburgh) de Newburgh abt 1250 Bindon Abbey, Dorset, England - bef 25 Jun 1309

Robert (Newburgh) de Newburgh abt 1280 Dorset, England - 1338

Robert Newburgh abt 1175 Dorset, England - abt 1249

Roger (Newburgh) de Newburgh abt 1135 - abt 1192

P

Alice (Percy) de Glastonia abt 1131

Brief Life History of Matilda

Matilda de Poorstock was born in 1081, in Poorstock Liberty, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. She married Robert de Arundel, Baron of Arundel in 1099, in Poorstock Liberty, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1126, in her hometown, at the age of 45.

This title is escheat and returned to the Crown. It can only be sold as a novelty title. It cannot be reinstated by any solicitor or barrister. It can only be re-instated by the Crown

Also the documents that come with this are:

A Deed of Conveyance is 5 pages long and details the payment as a Peppercorn Value and not the £75 for this title

A Manorial Title Certificate

A Certificate of Entitlement