Social Hierarchy
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A Boroughs is a fief granted not to a vassal, but to a collective bunch of citizens who form a town. Burgesses are still my subjects, but they do not individually owe their service and income to a liege lord. We afford them this to stimulate the trade, services, and industry they will provide as merchants and craftsmen. They might pay a tax on their profits and an upkeep fee for the city and their buildings - but this is being paid collectively to themselves and other burgesses in the Boroughs in which they live. The Boroughs then collectively contributes to the government the same way an individual knight or fiefholder with villeins serving him does. A burgess can do as he like, go where he pleases, and only needs to worry about his assets and the trade he chooses to run. | A Boroughs is a fief granted not to a vassal, but to a collective bunch of citizens who form a town. Burgesses are still my subjects, but they do not individually owe their service and income to a liege lord. We afford them this to stimulate the trade, services, and industry they will provide as merchants and craftsmen. They might pay a tax on their profits and an upkeep fee for the city and their buildings - but this is being paid collectively to themselves and other burgesses in the Boroughs in which they live. The Boroughs then collectively contributes to the government the same way an individual knight or fiefholder with villeins serving him does. A burgess can do as he like, go where he pleases, and only needs to worry about his assets and the trade he chooses to run. | ||
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| + | ====Aldermanship==== | ||
| + | Becoming an alderman means getting elected to the town council of the Boroughs. Boroughs town councils are small, usually only a mayor and 1-2 aldermen. Along with the mayor, aldermen decide town policies and allocate town finances where they are needed. In the future one alderman and one mayor from every Boroughs will be the "two burgesses" sent to help make policy in a national legislature, and these will also be elected by the Boroughs. | ||
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| + | ====Mayoralty==== | ||
| + | Being elected mayor of the Boroughs by other burgesses is a great honor, and one that can attract attention. It is the mayor that I will deal with personally as representative of the Boroughs, and who will liaise with the Exchequer and his reeves in collecting the Boroughs' taxes. Serving a term as a mayor, especially of a large Boroughs like our capitol city, Win-caster (Ouentus-Castrum) will often earn one a squirage or even a baronetcy. | ||
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===Yeoman of the Court=== | ===Yeoman of the Court=== | ||
The villein is released at the moment he or she makes the oath of office in the Cathedral forum. They are afforded this privilege because of the work and services they provide to the government. Some, like heralds, will even make a little bit of money from charging a fee for services they provide, like commissioning arms. | The villein is released at the moment he or she makes the oath of office in the Cathedral forum. They are afforded this privilege because of the work and services they provide to the government. Some, like heralds, will even make a little bit of money from charging a fee for services they provide, like commissioning arms. | ||
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===Franklin=== | ===Franklin=== | ||
