RESCINDED - Fealty Agreement of Sir Lionel to His Grace, Duke Manus

[Lionel Vane]

Let it be known that, I, Sir kendis, Thane of Ipswich, who is about to swear this oath of fealty. I will be loyal, pledging my body, mind and heart at the defense of Wessex in times of war and ill fortune with courage and prowess. I shall value the well-being of the Duchy and its living sacred embodiment, His Grace, Duke Manus, above all other realms of Agon, and show this value with actions; to do nothing that would harm the Duchy and to do all that is in my power to aid it.

In return for my Fealty and do Homage, His Grace, Duke Manus of Wessex, has graciously granted me a fief of land which will from this day forth be known as "Ipswich", with me I have my loyal men ready to fight for His Grace, Duke of Wessex. In return, I must provide an amount of resources, from my own estate, to His Grace, the Duke Wessex, I swear that me and my men will be there to aid the Duke Manus of Wessex in the most trying of times.

Signed.
Sir kendis, Thane of Ipswich

[Manus Dei]

I, Manus, by the grace of God, king of Hyperion, duke palatine of Wessex, count of Elba, make known to those present and to come that I have given in fee to Sir Lionel and his heirs the manor and estate which is called Ipswich, which lies within the domain of Wessex; and whatever the same Sir Lionel shall be able to acquire in the same manor I have granted to him and his heirs in augmentation of that fief I have granted. The same Sir Lionel, moreover, on account of this has become my liege man, as duke of Wessex as well as king of Hyperion.

Given by my own witness, in the first year of our reign


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