Owing to Quia Emptores, the concept of a mesne lordship technically still exists today: the partitioning of the lord of the manor's estate among co-heirs creating the mesne lordships.
[5] A mesne lord did not hold land directly of the king, that is to say he was not a tenant-in-chief.
[6][7] The mesne lordship of Potter Newton was probably held in 1166 by Herbert de Arches.
Mesne lords continued to exist after the abolition of any further subinfeudation by the statute of Quia Emptores (1290).
[11][12] However, escheat in want of heirs to mesne lords was abolished by the Administration of Estates Act 1925.