Would House Peake (in the past) have run Whitegrove as a non-hereditary lordship (if something like this exists) or through a castellan and would WG’s proximity to Starpike influence how these lands are administered? Thank You for the wonderful META, keep up the great work!

Good question and thanks!

The answer is we don’t know but there are a lot of potential options that have been used in real-world feudal societies. It could be the case that the Peakes operated Whitegrove and Dunstonbury through cadet branches, or by appointing younger sons/junior relatives/vassals as castellans but keeping them under the direct overlordship of Starpike, or simply the Peakes could have split the year between their three castles, as multi-manor inheritances were rather common in medieval Europe.