Three charges were levelled. They were doubtless prompted by imagination or by guilt. A manor listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 AD is checked to ensure that it is extinct, that no one alive today exercises its manorial rights. Its known history, which may be no more than twenty or thirty words, is committed to paper and copyright claimed on the way in which it has been set down. People will call you M'Lord or M'Lady, and your spouse can benefit too at no extra cost.
Business people find the title helps attract, impress and retain business.
Landed Gentry Titles are heritage researchers who specialise in ancient feudal titles, and make them available by auction. Acquiring a Manor title of nobility, with such historical value, is to preserve the heritage and ideals of a more honourable era in history. The restoring, and holding of such titles, together with the preservation of their historical importance is indeed an honour and a privilege. There are other titles, which incur no cost, but these are granted by government or bestowed by Royal decree. Well, whatever the market will bear seems to be the answer.