The Inspiration to the Company of St. Anne.....the Noble Patroness is a person holding
seisen has to a greater noble, which is not the only role that a nobleman would have operated in. Great nobles could declare wars, host tournaments, hold justice in their lands, sub-infeudate if they had the wealth to do so,build churches, monuments and so forth - even in the time periods of the tournament, when nobility began to organize itself in a more hierarchical way than it had in previous history.
*Special thanks to our Herald Master Tibor for defining the role of Noble Patroness to the Company of St Anne *
