A group of manors or fiefs held by one lord; a lordship. The honour had its own court at the lord's *caput honoris. *LHP makes it clear that a tenant would have to go to his lord's caput from wherever he held land, even if in another *county. The word as first used indicated an estate which gave its holder dignity and status, i.e. honour. England was the king's honour. -
Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. Christopher Coredon with Ann Williams.