So to follow up, suppose Lord Frothingsloth has dissipated his inheritance buggering Billingsgate fish porters and losing at whist so he cant raise enough quid to pay HMRC, what becomes of the verdant estate that is the Duchy of Birsmby-0n-faglick? Sold at auction? In whole or part? Can the peasant..I mean tenants buy their allotment. Or does some rapacious Arab or Indian billionaire buy it up?