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Scotland. Earldoms are very rare. As well, due to rights granted from ancient Scots law, in a very few instances, the holder of a feudalearldom may be different...
The Earldom of Orkney was a Norse territory ruled by the earls (or jarls) of Orkney from the ninth century until 1472. It was founded during the Viking...
continued until 1876, when the feudalEarldom of Wigtown was assigned to John William Burns of Kilmahew. As of 2023, the feudalEarldom of Wigtown is held by Dr...
of Moray at the Battle of Stracathro in 1130, but was recreated as a feudalearldom by Robert the Bruce and granted to Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray...
20th century, the Hay family sold part of their estate, including the feudalEarldom of Erroll, to Sir John Reeves Ellerman. Ellerman was a prominent shipowner...
extant baronetcies Feu Feudalearldom Lords in the Baronage of Scotland Lord of Parliament English feudal barony Irish feudal barony List of Marcher lordships...
the Earldom and 8th Earl of Hereford. The hereditary earldom title is enshrined in English law as an incorporeal hereditament. The feudalEarldom title...
troops for the royal feudal army. Barons could hold other executive offices apart from the duties they owed the king, such as an earldom, though immediately...
the pleas of the county court; (3) earldoms created by royal grants of large tracts of land to be held in feudal service (per servitum unius comitatus)...
for the 1660 Act, would still be feudal barons of ancient creation. One such is the Berkeley family. Although its Earldom of Berkeley became extinct in 1942...
there is only a small number of lordships compared to baronies, whilst earldoms are very rare. While barons originally sat in parliament (along with the...
The title Baron Berkeley originated as a feudal title and was subsequently created twice in the Peerage of England by writ. It was first granted by writ...
Scottish earldom is extant in its own right, and it is held by James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March. The English earldom is today...
William de Forz. After her death in 1293 aged 56 the feudal barony of Plympton and eventually the earldom of Devon passed to her 17-year-old second cousin...
during whose time Orkney and Shetland became part of Scotland. The second earldom was created by James VI of Scotland in 1581 for his half-uncle Robert Stewart...
multiple smaller baronies, one of which was the earldom of Northumberland, with others like the earldoms of York and numerous autonomous liberties such...
sole heiress of the 1141 Earldom. She married firstly, Pierre de Preaux, and secondly, Robert de Courtenay (d.1242), feudal baron of Okehampton, Devon...
In the kingdom of England, a feudal barony or barony by tenure was the highest degree of feudal land tenure, namely per baroniam (Latin for "by barony")...
that included Henry performing homage to Stephen for Carlisle and the Earldom of Huntingdon. Henry's journey to Stephen's court for Easter (1136) was...
Dudley, 1st Viscount Lisle, who was later made Duke of Northumberland. The earldom was passed on during his lifetime to his eldest son, John, but both father...
the earldom from him and elevated Gilbert de Gant as Earl of Lincoln. Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln (1120–1156) (reverted to crown) The Earldom was...
with the holders of the forfeit title Earl of Douglas and the preceding feudal barons of Douglas, South Lanarkshire. The title was created in the Peerage...
Douglas, lord Dalkeith, was to receive the name 'Morton' for his intended earldom, a protest was presented against this creation, asserting correctly that...
resignation to the Stewarts, the earldom ended on the forfeiture and execution of Murdoch Stewart in 1425. The earldom was revived in 1759 with the style...
offspring (thus an Italian family has succeeded to and presently holds the earldom of Newburgh), and in the case of daughters only, these titles devolve to...
Norman invasion of Ireland, that are considered to be equivalents of either earldoms or lordships by modern historians. Richard de Clare, Count Striguil, a...
The feudal barony of Okehampton was a very large feudal barony, the largest mediaeval fiefdom in the county of Devon, England, whose caput was Okehampton...
Leuchars, at the same time he was given the earldom. These titles are also in the Peerage of Scotland. The earldom is named after the River South Esk in Angus...
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