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In this context 'patent' refers to the actual document (often a very formal letter) appointing a person an aristocrat. It will give the exact title and any conditions or restrictions, for example that the title can only be inherited in the male line. The patent also has the seal of the person making the award. In England only the reigning monarch could (can) appoint aristocrats, but in an outfit like the Holy Roman Empire the patent made it clear whether one's title was awarded by the Emperor or by a local prince, for example, or by someone acting on someone else's behalf. In England there are NO patents for the very oldest titles, and in a few cases there was much controversy about them, especially in Victorian times, when being an aristocrat was more classy than now.
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Is the Harvey family royalty or of nobility?
They are from Nobility as they hold a title but are non Royal.
Did the edict of nantes guaranted freedom to the nobility of France?
Not to the nobility, but to Protestants
What patents do Thom Eldridge hold?
Both of the two patents are about the method of precluding fluid wicking I am his son
Why does the Archbishop of Canterbury summon the nobility to London?
Well, the Archbishop wanted the nobility to nobility because he wanted to? everyone knows that ha ha ha
What is the nobility?
Nobility refers to a social class that possess a level of privileges that other classes in the society does not have. These privileges are mainly hereditary.
