On 03Jul2023 1024, James Catchpole - jlcatchpole at googlemail.com (via
tml list) wrote:
> Well, the 3I has always been described as ruled by men, not laws, so I
> would expect that there are no laws on how many retainers a noble can
> have, only customs that vary from place to place - the most important
> probably being don't annoy your fellow nobles by being too blatant about
> it, especially your liege lord.

By 'law' I really mean 'Imperial decree', probably from some Emperor of
long ago, never recinded, now custom as much as 'law'. Still, handy for
a greater noble that needs some excuse to slap down an uppity noble of
lower rank.

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Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>