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Great House

House Mereford

Also called Mereford · the Bridge Lords · the Merefords

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The house that held the bridge after which Mereford Cross is named four centuries ago; its old local holding is dead and the town has had nothing to do with its present estates since.

A Great House of toll rights, crossings, bridge maintenance and ferry replacement; named wherever bridge dues or crossing rights are argued. Named as a friend of House Hartfell.

Named with it

Portrait of Duke Hugh Mereford

Duke Hugh Mereford

Head of House Mereford

Ties

At the table

Hugh is a quiet engineer-patron who asks where the winter water goes. Named only in passing in the alignments of the four Great Houses; its rank is not stated in this part.

Kind
Great House
Region
Britannia
Founded
c. 4200 A.C. · Restored crown
Standing
Present day
Named in
Book I, Book III, Book IV
Spoken of
6 times in the volumes
Where the volumes speak of it