| Free and high fief of Purmerend, Purmerland en Ilpendam Hoge en vrije heerlijkheid Purmerend, Purmerland en Ilpendam |
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| Vassal of Dutch Republic | ||||
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| Capital | Purmerend | |||
| Government | Lordship | |||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||
| - Lordship founded | 1410 | |||
| - Fiefdom of Holland | 1410 | |||
| - Disestablished | early 20th century | |||
The Free and high Fief of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam (Dutch: "vrije en hoge heerlijkheid") was a type of local jurisdiction with many rights.
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As a free and high Fief, itself was an independent (semisouverain Fief) of the province Holland. In 1410 the Fief was founded for Willem Eggert, the advisor of William II, Duke of Bavaria, count of Holland. Since 1678 the heerlijkheid was a possession of the prominent family De Graeff from Amsterdam. When the French introduced the municipal system in the Netherlands, the rights of the heerlijkheid were largely abolished, although the heerlijkheid itself existed until the early 20th century.