[Discuss] Estates

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Brian Hendricks wrote:

> If the estates are owned by the lord, then why does the knight have to pay
> to enlarge them from one size to the next?
> 
> If anything, then the lord should be able to take expanded estates and offer
> them to someone for service to his/her region, instead of giving out a small
> estate.

right.. I just re-read estates wiki... seems estates has nothing to do 
with your plot of land... but the number of people you hire to run the 
place! in this context, "expanding estates" actually makes sense.. who 
are you to poach another piece of land off your lord?

should estates be redesigned from scratch? instead of just a bunch of 
officials .. change it to mean area/worthiness of the plot of land that 
you are "renting".. and that total area of estates in a region is 
limited (only so many plots of land to dish out).. so the lord can give 
out say 10 small plots.. or 5 bigger plots, or any combos of different 
sizes, etc...

tax shares would then have some linkage to the estates that you are 
given.... you get the taxes from the plots, then a chunk of that tax 
goes to the lord... as opposed to the lord getting all the money and 
dish it out downwards (no idea if that's historically faithful at all). 
you get bigger/better plots by being chummy with the lord, etc.