The OED [OED2] gives no suggestion of using "rank" in anything like this sense. I was speculating about the liberty being significant because (as I understand it) a tithing is technically a subdivision of a hundred, and a liberty is not part of the hundred! In theory, therefore, an early liberty might well use a different term. (As this is speculation untrammelled by any data, I believe it qualifies as "a priori" reasoning!)
John Briggs
Richard Coates wrote:
> Thanks, John. I'll check out Anglesey, but I suspect this may
> be a reference
> to the marquisate.
>
> Why would its being a liberty call forth the term _rank_ specifically?
>
> I can't at the moment answer the questions you pose. This is
> a passed-on
> enquiry from a member of the public.
>
> Richard
>
>
> >
> > I was not aware of this, and can only speculate that it is
> either due to the manorial
> > origins (Alverstoke had the "mother church" of Gosport and
> Haslar. Although
> now completely Victorian/Edwardian, the parish church is
> substantial and on
> what passes for high ground. There is a minor name
> "Anglesey" close to it
> [Anglesey Road, Anglesey Park] which might repay
> investigation) or else
> because it was a liberty. At what date did it become a
> liberty? There seem to
> be a number of liberties in the area, e.g. Havant and Portsmouth.
> >
> > John Briggs
> >
> >
> > Richard Coates wrote:
> >
> > In Alverstoke, Hampshire, what would everywhere else be called
> > _tithings_ of the manor are called _ranks_. Does anyone know any
> > parallels for this, or what the origin of the term might be?
> >
> > Alverstoke was a liberty, and the manor one of St Swithin,
> Winchester.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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