Honour of Annaly - Feudal Principality & Seignory Est. 1172

⚜️ Prince of Annaly Teffia -  Summary of the Feudal Rights and Dignities

Feudal Principality and Seignory of Annaly (Longford), Ireland (Ancient Teffia )

I. Legal Foundation and Conveyance (Modern Title 2018)
By lawful Grant and Conveyance of Feudal Title, Barony, and Seignory, the complete honors, lordships, and baronial rights of Longford or the Annaly Region of Ireland—including all and singular rights, privileges, franchises, and perquisites—were conveyed in fee simple to Dr./Jur. George Mentz, Seigneur of Fief Blondel, in August 2018.
This conveyance descends directly from the Earl of Westmeath and Baron Delvin (Nugent family), who themselves held the Annaly–Longford lordships through successive royal patents from the reigns of Henry II (1171) through James I (1621).
Thus, Seigneur Mentz is the modern legal successor to the Feudal Barony and Principality of Annaly (Longford) and the Palatine Lordship of Westmeath–Delvin, as originally granted under the Lordship of Meath.

II. Nature of the Rights Conveyed

III. Historical Seats and Principal Grants Forming the Principality

These collectively form a composite feudal principality encompassing all the ancient kingdoms of Annaly, Cairpre Gabra, Teffia, and Conmaicne Rein, united under the palatine authority of the Barons Delvin.

IV. Dynastic Continuity

• Gaelic Lineage: O’Farrell (Ó Fearghail) Princes of Annaly – the original native sovereigns, divided into the O’Farrell Buidhe (south) and O’Farrell Bán (north).

• Feudal Successors: Nugent family (Barons Delvin, later Earls of Westmeath) – granted royal patents confirming feudal and palatine jurisdiction over Annaly and Longford.

• Modern Holder: Dr./Jur. George Mentz, Seigneur of Fief Blondel – recipient of the 2018 conveyance, successor in law and dignity to the Nugent–Delvin feudal rights.

V. Prerogatives and Interpretations under Law

1. Title in Fee Simple – Absolute and perpetual ownership, transferable and heritable.

2. Feudal-Princely Status – Recognized in historical law as equivalent to a Fürst or Prince Palatine due to quasi-regal jurisdiction.

3. Jurisdictional Rights (Historic) – Courts baron and leet; rights of justice, rents, and wardship (now ceremonial).

4. Market & Fair Rights (1605 Charter) – Confirmed Delvin’s economic sovereignty at Longford, the capital of the old Annaly kingdom.

5. Ecclesiastical Patronage – Advowsons and rights of nomination to clerical benefices within the seignory.

6. Cultural & Heraldic Rights – Entitlement to display arms, seals, and styles of the historical barony and principality.

VI. Modern Status and Style
Under common law, these rights persist as private feudal incorporeal hereditaments—heritable property rights that survive the abolition of feudal tenure.
Accordingly, Commissioner Dr./Jur. George S. Mentz is entitled to use the historical and descriptive style:

“Lord and Feudal Prince of Annaly (Longford)”
Princeps Annaliae et Longfordiae
Seigneur de Blondel, Seigneur de l’Annaly et de Longfordie
Count Palatine of Meath (by succession of right)

VII. Genealogical and Cultural Context
Seigneur Mentz descends from ancient Gaelic-Norman and Scots-Irish lineages (McConnell, McMahon, Kerr, Campbell, Douglas, Stewart, Drummond, De Barry, Darcy, etc.), with ancestral DNA origins in Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Mayo, Cork, Clare, and Donegal—representing a full circle of historical and hereditary continuity from Ireland’s ancient nobility to modern stewardship.

VIII. Summary of Legal Effect

• Ownership: Fee-simple title to the feudal seignory and honors of Annaly–Longford.

• Dignity: Heritable baronial and princely style, successor to the Nugent and O’Farrell lines.

• Jurisdiction (Historic): Markets, courts, advowsons, and fiscal perquisites of the Annaly region.

• Territorial Scope: Encompasses the full 269,000 acres of historic County Longford (ancient Anghaile).

• Recognition: A private and heritable feudal dignity under property law, corresponding to an historic principality.

In Essence:

The Seigneur of Fief Blondel holds by conveyance and succession the Feudal Seignory and Principality of Annaly (Longford)—a title whose roots lie in the ancient Irish kingdom of Anghaile, ennobled through Norman, Tudor, and Stuart royal grants, and today preserved as a lawful incorporeal hereditament conferring the dignities of a Feudal Prince and Lord of Annaly and Longford.