What was Lord? What did he possess?

Lord Furnival is the owner of Stromford, Lodgecot and other villages, and all the land around. He is a very wealthy and powerful man, who has a manor house in Stromford, and a palace in the city of Great Wexly. In the beginning, we learn that Lord Furnival has been away at war for a long time, as the stpry progresses we learn that he is not only dead, but that he was Crispin's father. Furnival is described as a greedy and cruel man.