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Philadelphia undertaker becomes English lord of the manor title buyer
Samuel Stillman, an 80 year old Philadelphia mortician, purchased the title Lord of the Manor of Haccombe Newton Abbot in Devon England. The piece notes such lordships are largely symbolic and auctioned for about 9 000 to 17 000 dollars. It explains the historical context and says most buyers are British with Americans and Canadians making up about 30 percent.
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