Mark Roberts (businessman)
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Mark Roberts is a Welsh
businessman notable for the purchase of approximately sixty United Kingdom
title
s as Lord of the Manor
or Marcher Lord and his legal claims to historical rights associated with them. In several cases he has attempted to profit from the claimed rights.
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He sought charges of up to £45,000 from residents of Peterstone
for access across pathways and verges claimed through the title of Lord Marcher of Trelleck. However, his activities have been curtailed by a change in the law in 2005 meaning that no-one can be charged for access across common land if it can be shown that they have already done so for twenty years.
Claims to extensive sections of foreshore under the title of Lord Marcher of St. David's delayed the planning process for a Marina in the town of Fishguard
. In 2008 his claim to be Lord Marcher of St Davids was rejected in a High Court action, along with his claims to have certain 'franchise' rights in that capacity. The judge ruled that Mr Roberts only had a limited right to wrecks along stretches of the Pembrokeshire Coastline. He faces estimated costs of over £600,000. In 2008 he lost another legal case, claiming rights over parts of the Severn estuary under the title of Lord Marcher of Magor
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Mr Roberts lives on Friars Point, near Barry, South Wales, and owns Tacticall Radio Hire Ltd. In 2008, Tacticall Radio Hire were involved in a dispute regarding the leasehold of a pensioner's house.
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
businessman notable for the purchase of approximately sixty United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
title
Title
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s as Lord of the Manor
Lord of the Manor
The Lordship of a Manor is recognised today in England and Wales as a form of property and one of three elements of a manor that may exist separately or be combined and may be held in moieties...
or Marcher Lord and his legal claims to historical rights associated with them. In several cases he has attempted to profit from the claimed rights.
Biography
In 2001 Mark Roberts claimed as the Lord of Alstonefield, a title won for £10,000 at auction, to own mineral extraction, hunting and fishing and access rights in the Staffordshire village of AlstonefieldAlstonefield
Alstonefield is a village and civil parish in the Peak District National Park and the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. It is about to the North of Ashbourne, drive East from Leek and south from Buxton...
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He sought charges of up to £45,000 from residents of Peterstone
Peterstone
Peterstone or Peterstone Wentlooge is a small hamlet on the to the south west of the city of Newport, South Wales.- Location :Peterstone Wentlooge lies six miles to the west of Newport, close to the eastern edge of Cardiff....
for access across pathways and verges claimed through the title of Lord Marcher of Trelleck. However, his activities have been curtailed by a change in the law in 2005 meaning that no-one can be charged for access across common land if it can be shown that they have already done so for twenty years.
Claims to extensive sections of foreshore under the title of Lord Marcher of St. David's delayed the planning process for a Marina in the town of Fishguard
Fishguard
Fishguard is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, with a population of 3,300 . The community of Fishguard and Goodwick had a population of 5043 at the 2001 census....
. In 2008 his claim to be Lord Marcher of St Davids was rejected in a High Court action, along with his claims to have certain 'franchise' rights in that capacity. The judge ruled that Mr Roberts only had a limited right to wrecks along stretches of the Pembrokeshire Coastline. He faces estimated costs of over £600,000. In 2008 he lost another legal case, claiming rights over parts of the Severn estuary under the title of Lord Marcher of Magor
Magor
Magor may refer to the following:* Ivan Martin Jirous – a Czech underground poet* Magor , a character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium of Middle-earth* Magor is a legendary ancestor of the Hungarian people, see Hunor and Magor...
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Mr Roberts lives on Friars Point, near Barry, South Wales, and owns Tacticall Radio Hire Ltd. In 2008, Tacticall Radio Hire were involved in a dispute regarding the leasehold of a pensioner's house.