Source: Seier de Seton, founder and 2st of the family Seton.
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			| Titre | Seier de Seton, founder and 2st of the family Seton. | 
	
 
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			| "Seier de Seton, founder and 1st of the family of Seton" 
 In the history of France, it was very rare for anyone to be given a personal title. What happened was that a seigneurie (lordship) was raised to the rank of  barony, county etc. This meant that the seigneur, henceforth, had the right to use the corresponding  title.  If the land passed to someone else, by inheritance, gift or sale, the new owner took on the title. However, this is where the matter of nobility came in. Nobles were, more or less, exempt from paying  taxes,  - one of the major causes for the later French Revolution. Should the new owner of a piece of titled land be a commoner, he had to pay a special tax to his sovereign, until such time as he received Letters of Nobility or Letters of Acceptance. In the intervening period he was known  as  Seigneur de la baronnie de **.  Likewise the eldest son of Count Lambert de Lens in Flanders was known in our family's history as the Seigneur (Seier or Seher) de Lens or de Seton..."
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