List of baronies in the Peerage of England

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This page, one list of hereditary baronies, lists all baronies, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the Peerage of England.

Baronies, 1264–1707

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1264–1300

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Title Date of creation Surname Current status Notes
Baron de Ros 1264[a] De Ros, Manners, Cecil, MacDonnell, Villiers, FitzGerald-De Ros / Boyle, Dawson, Ross, Maxwell extant Created by writ.
Forfeit 1464-1485.
In abeyance 1508-1512.
Also Earl of Rutland 1525-1587, 1618-1632.
Also Duke of Buckingham 1649-1687.
In abeyance 1687-1806, 1939-1943, 1956-1958
Baron le Despencer 1264[3] le Despencer, Fane, Dashwood, Stapleton, Boscawen Extant Forfeit 1326-1398, 1400-1461
In abeyance 1449-1604
Earl of Westmorland 1626-1762
In abeyance 1762-1763, 1781-1788. Viscount Falmouth from 1891
Baron Mowbray 1283[4] de Mowbray, Mowbray, Howard, Stourton extant Created by writ
Abeyant 1481-1483, 1777-1878
Forfeit 1485-1554, 1572-1604
Also Baron Segrave 1368–present
Also Baron Stourton 1878–present
Subsidiary title of the Earl of Nottingham 1377-1397
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Norfolk 1397-1399, 1425-1476, 1483-1485, 1554-1572, 1660-1777
Subsidiary title of the Earl of Norfolk 1399-1425, 1476-1481
Subsidiary title of the Earl of Arundel 1604-1660
Baron Braose 1290[5] de Braose abeyant 1326  
Baron Hastings 1290[6] Hastings, Astley extant Earl of Pembroke 1339-1389
Dormant 1389-1841
In abeyance 1542-1841
Baron Wake of Liddell 1295 Wake abeyant 1408 Earl of Kent (1321 creation) 1349-1385
Earl of Kent (1360 creation) 1385-1408
Duke of Surrey 1397-1399
Baron Vesci 1295 de Vescy extinct 1297
Baron Neville de Raby 1295 Neville forfeit 1571 created Earl of Westmorland (1371)
Baron FitzAlan 1295 FitzAlan abeyant 1306
Baron Umfraville 1295 Umfraville dormant 1381, abeyant 1421 Also Earl of Angus in Scotland
Baron Bruce of Anandale 1295 Bruce forfeit 1306 or abeyant 1371[7] Created for the Earl of Carrick
Baron Mauley 1295 Mauley Abeyant 1415  
Baron Furnivall 1295 de Furnivall, Nevill, Talbot, Howard, Dent Abeyant 1968 Earl of Shrewsbury 1442-1616
In abeyance 1616-1651
Earl of Arundel 1654-1660
Duke of Norfolk 1660-1777
In abeyance 1777-1913
Baron Fauconberg 1295 Fauconberge, Nevill, Lane-Fox, Anderson-Pelham, Miller Abeyant 2013 In abeyance 1407-1429, 1470-1903, 1948-2012
Held together with Baron Conyers 1903-1948, 2012–2013
Baron Greystoke 1295 Greystock extinct 1306  
Baron Hylton 1295 Hylton abeyant 1746  
Baron Huntercombe 1295 de Huntercombe extinct 1313  
Baron FitzWalter 1295[8] FitzWalter, Radcliffe, Mildmay, Plumptre extant Forfeit 1496-1506
Also Earl of Sussex 1529-1629
Dormant 1629-1667
Also Earl Fitzwalter 1730-1756
In abeyance 1756-1924, 1932-1953
Baron Giffard 1295 Giffard forfeit 1322 - restored 1327 - then in abeyance
Baron Segrave 1295 de Segrave extant united with Baron Mowbray from 1375
Baron Basset of Drayton 1295 Basset abeyant or dormant 1390 created by writ
Baron Berkeley 1295 de Berkeley extinct 1418 Created by writ
Baron Beke 1295 Beke abeyant 1304 Created by writ
Baron FitzWarin 1295 Fitzwarin abeyant 1636  
Baron Astley 1295 de Astley forfeit 1554
Baron Dynham (or Dynaunt) 1295 de Dinham abeyant 1501 In 1914 the Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords resolved "That no evidence has been produced of the existence or descent of the alleged Barony of Dynaunt."[9]
Baron Boteler of Werington 1295   extinct c. 1328
Baron Grey de Wilton 1295 de Grey forfeit 1603
Baron Montalt 1295 de Montalt extinct bef. December 1296 Created by writ.
Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 1295 de Mortimer forfeit 1330 Created by writ. In 1330, Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, was attainted and his titles were forfeited. In 1331, his son Edmund de Mortimer was summoned to Parliament and the title was effectively re-created, as the attainder had not been reversed.
Baron Strange 1295 le Strange extinct 1311  
Baron Martin 1295 Martin abeyant 1326  
Baron Montfort 1295 de Montfort extinct or abeyant bef. January 1370 Created by writ.
Baron Daubeney 1295 Daubeny extinct 1548 Created Earl of Bridgewater in 1538
Baron Foliot 1295 Foliot abeyant 1325  
Baron Hussey 1295 Hussey abeyant 1470  
Baron Welles 1299 de Welles forfeited 1470 or 1475  
Baron De La Warr 1299 la Warr, West Either abeyant 1554 or held together with the creation of 1572  
Baron Zouche of Ashby 1299 la Zouche abeyant 1314  
Baron Deincourt 1299 Deincourt abeyant 1327  
Baron Montalt 1299 de Mohaut or de Montalt Extinct 1329 Also known as "Mohaut." Created by writ. See also Baron Mohaut (1295).
Baron Grandison 1299 de Grandison Abeyant 1375  
Baron Clavering 1299 Clavering dormant or abeyant 1332  
Baron Lancaster 1299 - merged in the crown 1399 1st baron became Earl of Lancaster, 1327
Baron Mortimer of Chirk 1299 de Mortimer Abeyant 1322 Created by writ.
Baron Vavasour 1299 Vavasour abeyant 1826  
Baron Ap-Adam 1299 Ap-Adam abeyant 1310  
Baron Muncy 1299 de Muncy Extinct 1308  
Baron Scales 1299 de Scales abeyant 1483  
Baron Lovel de Tichmersh 1299 Lovel forfeit 1485 9th baron created Viscount Lovel, 1483
Baron Moels 1299 de Moels Abeyant 1337 Created by writ.
Baron Mortimer of Richard's Castle 1299 de Mortimer Abeyant 1304 Created by writ.
Baron Courtenay 1299 Courtenay forfeit 1461/1471 First Baron created Earl of Devon, 1335
Baron Rivers 1299 Rivers extinct c. 1340  
Baron Mohun 1299 de Mohun, le Strange Abeyant 1594? Created by writ. In 1431, this title became united with Baron Strange.
Baron Multon of Egremont 1299 de Multon Abeyant bef. November 1344 Created by writ.
Baron Chaworth 1299 de Chaworth abeyant 1507
Baron Latimer 1299 Latimer, Nevill, Willoughby dormant 1430 Baron Willoughby de Broke was de jure Baron Latimer 1492-1521. Since then in abeyance. Created by writ.
Baron Bardolf 1299 de Bardolf forfeit 1406  
Baron Geneville 1299 de Geneville Either extinct 1425 or merged in crown 1461 United with the Barony of Mortimer 1356
Baron Stafford 1299 de Stafford, Stafford Forfeit 1521 Created Earl of Stafford in 1351. Created Duke of Buckingham in 1444.
Baron Clinton 1299 Clinton, Fortescue, Rolle, Walpole, Trefusis extant Earl of Lincoln 1572-1692
abeyant 1692-1721
Earl Clinton 1721-1751
abeyant 1751-1760
dormant 1791-1794
abeyant 1957-1965
Baron Beauchamp de Somerset 1299 de Beauchamp abeyant 1361 1st creation of a barony of that name
Baron Ferrers of Chartley 1299 Ferrers, Devereux, Shirley, Compton, Townshend abeyant 1855 Viscount Hereford 1550-1572
Earl of Essex 1572-1601, 1604-1646
forfeit 1601-1604
abeyant 1646-1677
Earl Ferrers 1711-1717
abeyant 1741-1749
Earl of Leicester 1784-1807
Marquess Townshend 1811-1855
Baron Percy 1299 Percy extinct 1517  
Baron Valence 1299 de Valence extinct 1323 1st Baron became Earl of Pembroke, 1307
Baron de Clifford 1299 Clifford, Sackville, Tufton, Southwell, Russell extant Earl of Cumberland 1525-1605
dormant 1605-1649, 1676-1678
Earl of Thanet 1678-1721
abeyant 1721-1734, 1775-1776, 1832-1833
Baron St John of Lageham 1299 St John dormant 1353  
Baron Grandison 1299 de Grandison extinct 1328  
Baron Cantilupe 1299 de Cantilupe extinct c. 1375  
Baron Darcy of Nocton 1299 Darcy Abeyant c. 1350  
Baron Strange of Knockin 1299 le Strange, Stanley, Philipps extant Abeyant 1594-1921. Held by the Viscount St Davids since 1974
Baron Lisle 1299 de Lisle extinct 1337  
Baron Sudeley 1299 de Sudeley abeyant 1473 also abeyant 1367-1380
Baron Montagu 1299 de Montagu status? Created by writ. The Complete Peerage lists several different (some in existence simultaneously) Baronies of Montagu (as well as Baron Montagu of Boughton and Baron Montagu of Kimbolton) and discusses them in Appendix E of volume IX (1936).
Baron Latimer of Braybrooke 1299 le Latimer forfeit 1603[10] Created for Sir Thomas le Latimer
Baron Hastings 1299 Hastings extinct c. 1314  
Baron Lancaster 1299 de Lancaster extinct 1334
Baron St John of Basing 1299 St John abeyant 1429 Previously abeyant 1347-1361
Baron Ferrers of Groby 1299 Ferrers, Grey forfeit 1554  
Baron Morley 1299[11] de Morley, Morley, Lovel, Parker Mordaunt abeyant 1697 Created by writ.
Baron Tuchet 1299 Tuchet extinct  
Baron St Amand 1299 de St Amand extinct 1310

1301–1400

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Title Date of creation Surname Current status Notes
Baron Botetourt 1305 de Botetourt, Burnell, Berkeley, Somerset Abeyant 1984 Held by the Duke of Beaufort 1803-1984.
Baron Multon of Gilsland 1307 de Multon status?  
Baron Thweng 1307 Thweng abeyant 1374  
Baron Boteler of Wem 1308 Boteler, Ferrers, de Greystoke, Dacre Abeyant 1411  
Baron Zouche of Haryngworth 1308 la Zouche, Bisshop, Curzon, Frankland extant  
Baron Cromwell 1308 de Cromwell extinct 1335 Created by writ
Baron Tibetot (or Tiptoft) 1308 Tiptoft abeyant 1372  
Baron Badlesmere 1309 de Badlesmere abeyant 1338 Created by writ
Baron Beaumont 1309 Beaumont, Stapleton, Fitzalan-Howard extant Abeyant 1460-1840, 1895-1896. Subsidiary title of Duke of Norfolk since 1975
Baron Everingham 1309 de Everingham abeyant 1388 Created by writ
Baron Monthermer 1309 de Monthermer, de Montagu status? Created by writ.
Baron Strange of Blackmere 1309 Strange, Talbot abeyant 1777  
Baron Lisle (of Rougemont) 1311 de Lisle extinct 1399  
Baron Cobham 1313 de Cobham, Oldcastle, Brooke, Boothby, Disney, Alexander Abeyant 1951 Forfeit 1603-1916
Abeyant 1789-1916
Baron Audley 1313 Audley, Tuchet, Ticknesse(-Touchet), (Touchet-)Jesson, Souter Abeyant 1997 Created by writ; abeyances before: 1391–1408 and 1872–1937; forfeiture: 1497–1512(restored)
Baron Willoughby de Eresby 1313 Willoughby, Bertie, Drummond-Willoughby, Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby extant also Earl of Lindsey from 1626 to 1779; also Marquess of Lindsey from 1706 to 1779; also Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven from 1715 to 1779; also Baron Gwydyr from 1828 to 1870; also Baron Aveland from 1888 to 1983; also Earl of Ancaster from 1892 to 1983
Baron Camoys 1313 de Camoys extinct 1372  
Baron Charlton (or Cherleton) 1313 Charleton abeyant 1421  
Baron Marmion of Witringham 1313 Marmion abeyant about 1360
Baron Vesci 1313 de Vescy extinct 1314
Baron Holand 1314 de Holland forfeit 1487  
Baron St Maur 1314 St Maur abeyant 1625  
Baron Brun 1315 le Brun Abeyant 1354/1355  
Baron Damory 1317 d'Amory United in 1363 to the Barony of Bardolf, which was forfeit in 1406
Baron Strabolgi 1318 Strathbolgi, Burgh, Kenworthy extant Created for the Earl of Atholl, now independent. Dormant or abeyant until 1916; the Complete Peerage denies its existence before 1916.
Baron Lucy 1320 de Lucy, de Umfraville, Percy Dormant 1398
Baron Dacre 1321 Dacre, Fiennes, Lennard, Barrett-Lennard, Roper, Brand, Trevor extant forfeiture 1541–1558; 15th Baron was Earl of Sussex,1674-1715; abeyant 1715–1741; Viscount Hampden 1884-1965; abeyant 1965–1970
Baron FitzHugh 1321 FitzHugh Abeyant 1512/3  
Baron Greystoke 1321 de Greystock, Dacre Abeyant 1569  
Baron Grey of Ruthyn 1324 Butler-Bowdon, Grey, Longueville, Yelverton, Gould, Rawdon, Clifton Abeyant 1963 Created by writ
also Earl of Kent 1465-1639
also Viscount Longueville 1690-1799
also Earl of Sussex 1717-1799
also Marquess of Hastings 1858-1868
Abeyant 1868-1885, 1934-1940
Baron Harington of Aldingham 1324 Harrington, Bonville, Grey forfeited 1554 created by writ, merged with the Barony of Bonville and Marquessate of Dorset in 1458.
Baron Aton 1324 de Aton Abeyant 1373
Baron Ingham 1326 de Ingham, Stapleton Dormant 1344 Abeyant already 1344-1349 and again since 1466.
Baron Wilington 1329 de Wilington Extinct 1348
Baron Maltravers 1330 Maltravers, Arundel, Fitzalan, Howard, Fitzalan-Howard extant The Barony was united with the Earldom of Arundel by Act of Parliament in 1627 and is held by the Duke of Norfolk
Baron Burghersh 1330 de Burghersh, le Despencer, de Beauchamp abeyant 1448
Baron Coleville 1331 de Coleville extinct 1369
Baron Darcy de Knayth 1331 Darcy, Godolphin, Osborne, Lane-Fox, Herbert, Ingrams extant Created by writ. Abeyances 1418–1641 and 1888–1903
Baron Talbot 1331 Talbot abeyant 1777 abeyant 1616-1651
Baron Deincourt 1332 Deincourt Forfeit 1487  
Baron Kerdeston 1337 de Kerdeston, de Burgersh abeyant 1391
Baron Chandos 1337 de Chandos, Brugge extinct 1353 or 1789  
Baron Monthermer (1337) 1337 de Monthermer Extinct bet. October 1339–February 1340  
Baron Grey of Rotherfield 1338 Grey dormant 1388  
Baron le Despencer 1338 le Despencer extinct 1349  
Baron Braose 1342 de Braose extinct 1399  
Baron Ughtred 1344 Ughtred or Oughtred dormant 1365 1st Baron's son not summoned to Parliament
Baron Dagworth 1347 de Dagworth Apparently united to the Barony of Fitzwalter, 1402[12]
Baron Manny 1347 Manny extinct 1389  
Baron Bourchier 1348 Bourchier, Parr, Devereux Abeyant 1646  
Baron Hussey 1348 Hussey extinct 1361  
Baron Lovel of Castle Cary 1348 Lovel Either extinct 1351 or abeyant 1625[13][14]
Baron Poynings 1348 de Poynings, Percy forfeit 1571  
Baron Bryan 1350 de Bryan abeyant 1390  
Baron Musgrave 1350 de Musgrave status?  
Baron Scrope of Masham 1350 Scrope abeyant 1517  
Baron Beauchamp de Warwick 1350 Beauchamp extinct 1360 2nd creation of a barony of that name
Baron Holand 1353 Holland abeyant 1408 1st baron created Earl of Kent in 1360
Baron Lisle 1357 de Lisle, de Berkeley, Beauchamp Abeyant 1420  
Baron Beauchamp of Bletso 1363 Beauchamp dormant about 1421 3rd creation of a barony of that name
Baron Botreaux 1368 Botreaux Abeyant 1960 The Barony is in abeyance together with the Baronies of Stanley and Hastings
Baron Aldeburgh 1371 Aldeburgh Abeyant 1391  
Baron Scrope of Bolton 1371 le Scrope Dormant Dormant 1630. Abeyant 1731. Abeyance terminated by extinction of other lines, 1814.Thereafter dormant
Baron Stafford 1371 Stafford Abeyant 1445  
Baron Cromwell 1375 Cromwell, Stanhope, Bewicke-Copley extant Created by writ
abeyant 1455-1490, 1497-1923
Baron Clifton 1376 Clifton extinct 1394  
Baron Arundel 1377 Fitzalan either extant (if identical to Baron Maltravers) or abeyant "would probably be held to be the same Barony as that of Mautravers"[15]
Baron Camoys 1383 de Camoys, Stonor extant Created by writ
abeyant 1426-1839
Baron Lumley 1384 Lumley forfeit 1400  
Baron le Despencer 1387 le Despencer extinct 1424  
Baron Beauchamp of Kidderminster 1387 de Beauchamp forfeit 1400 4th creation of a barony of that name
Baron Bergavenny 1392 Beauchamp, Nevill extant or abeyant 3rd to 7th creations occurred when writs issued to heirs male of previous holders - see article. 2nd Baron of 7th creation created Earl of Abergavenny in 1784. 6th Baron of 7th creation created Marquess of Abergavenny in 1876.
Baron Grey of Codnor 1397 Grey, Cornwall-Legh extant Abeyant 1496–1989

1401–1500

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Title Date of creation Surname Current status Notes
Baron West 1402 West, la Warr Abeyant 1554  
Baron Tuchet 1403 Tuchet Abeyant 1997 created by writ
also Baron Audley from 1408 (ending abeyance)
forfeit 1497-1512 and 1631-1678
abeyant 1872-1937 and since 1997
Baron Stafford 1411 Stafford extinct 1420  
Baron Berkeley 1421 Berkeley, Milman, Foley, Gueterbock extant Created by writ
second baron created Viscount Berkeley, Earl of Nottingham, and Marquess of Berkeley, those titles extinct 1492
also Earl of Berkeley 1679-1882
in abeyance 1964-1967
Baron Hungerford 1426 Hungerford forfeit 1461  
Baron Tibetot (or Tiptoft) 1426 Tiptoft abeyant 1485 2nd Baron created Earl of Worcester, 1449
Baron Latimer of Snape 1432 Nevill, Coutts-Nevill, Money-Coutts-Nevill extant Created by writ
in abeyance 1577-1913
Baron Fanhope 1433 Cornwall extinct 1443  
Baron Bardolf 1437 Phelip extinct 1441 creation doubtful[16]
Baron Dudley 1440 Sutton, Ward, Lea, Smith, Hamilton, Wallace extant Created by writ
in abeyance 1757-1916
Baron Sudeley 1441 Boteler Extinct 1473 Created for the 6th Baron of the 1299 creation
Baron Lisle 1444 Talbot, Grey Extinct 1525/6 Created Viscount Lisle in 1451. Abeyant 1470 - abeyance terminated 1475. Created Viscount Lisle in 1483. Abeyant 1519 - abeyance terminated by 1523.
Baron De Moleyns 1445 De Moleyns, .., Philipps extant 1st baron later succeeded as 3rd Baron Hungerford - those two baronies were thereafter united. Held by the Viscount St Davids since 1974
Baron Beauchamp of Powick 1447 de Beauchamp extinct 1502/1503 5th creation of a barony of that name
Baron Saye and Sele 1447 (with precedence from 1603) Fiennes, Twisleton extant  
Baron Hoo and Hastings 1448 Hoo extinct 1455
Baron Stourton 1448 Stourton extant Held by Baron Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton
Baron Bonville 1449 Bonville, Grey forfeit 1554 4th baron was created Duke of Suffolk in 1551.
Baron Berners 1455 Bourchier, Knyvett, Bokenham, Wilson, Williams, Kirkham extant Created by writ
in abeyance 1693-1711, 1743-1832, 1838, 1992-1995
Baron Stanley 1456 Stanley Abeyant 1960 2nd Baron created Earl of Derby, 1485. The Barony is in abeyance together with the Baronies of Bortreaux and Hastings.
Baron Dacre 1459 Dacre Extinct 1461  
Baron Hastings of Hastings 1461 Hastings Abeyant 1960, together with the Baronies of Stanley and Bortreaux 3rd Baron inherited the Barony of Botreaux 1520 and created Earl of Huntingdon, 1529 (that title passed to another branch in 1789); 14th Baron created Marquess of Hastings in 1826 (extinct 1868); the Barony of Stanley was called out of abeyance together with this barony for the 20th Baroness in 1921
Baron Herbert 1461 Herbert, Somerset, Seyfried extant also Earl of Pembroke 1468–1479
also Earl of Worcester 1526-1984
also Marquess of Worcester 1642–1984
also Duke of Beaufort 1682–1984
Abeyant 1984–2002
Baron Lumley 1461 Lumley forfeit 1545
Baron Ogle 1461 Ogle, Cavendish abeyant 1691 9th baron had been created Viscount Mansfield, 1620 and Earl of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1628.
He was created Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1643 and Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1665
Baron Wenlock 1461 Wenlock Extinct 1471
Baron Mountjoy 1465 Blount Extinct 1606  
Baron Dynham 1467 Dynham Extinct 1501
Baron Howard 1470 Howard Either forfeit 1485 or abeyant 1777 1st baron created Duke of Norfolk, 1483
Baron Dacre of Gillesland 1482 Dacre, (Hay, (?)), Howard extant Created Earl of Carlisle in 1661
Baron Grey of Powis 1482 Grey Abeyant 1552
Baron Hungerford 1482 Hungerford extant Created with precedence of 1426. Held by the Viscount St Davids since 1974
Baron Welles 1482 Hastings extinct 1503  
Baron Daubeney 1486 Daubeny extinct 1548 Status uncertain, recreation of earlier Baron Daubeney?
Baron Cheyne 1487 Cheyne extinct 1499  
Baron Willoughby de Broke 1491 Willoughby, Greville, Verney extant abeyant 1521 - c. 1535

1501–1600

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Title Date of creation Surname Current status Notes
Baron Conyers 1509 Conyers, Darcy, D'Arcy, Oxborne, Lane-Fox, Anderson-Pelham, Miller Abeyant 2013 In abeyance 1557-1641/4, 1888-1892, 1948-2012, 2013-present
Held together with Baron Fauconberg 1903-1948, 2012–2013
Baron Darcy de Darcy 1509 Darcy Forfeit 1537
Baron Monteagle 1514 Stanley, Parker Abeyant 1697
Baron Sandys of the Vine 1523 Vaux, Mostyn, Gilbey Abeyant c.1683
Baron Vaux of Harrowden 1523 Vaux, Mostyn, Gilbey extant created by writ
in abeyance 1663-1838, 1935-1938
Baron Marney 1523 Marney extinct 1525
Baron Braye 1529 Braye, Otway-Cave, Wyatt-Edgell, Verney-Cave, Aubrey-Fletcher extant Created by writ - abeyant 1557-1839 and 1862-1879
Baron Hussey of Sleaford 1529 Hussey forfeit 1537
Baron Windsor 1529 Windsor, Hickman, Windsor-Clive extant Abeyant 1642-1660 - held by the Earls of Plymouth (2nd creation) 1682-1833 - abeyant 1833-1855 - held by the Earl of Plymouth (3rd creation) since 1905
Baron Wentworth 1529 Wentworth, Bulwer-Lytton extant Created by writ. Held by the Earl of Lytton since 1957
Baron Burgh 1529 Burgh, Leith extant Created by writ. In abeyance 1602-1916
Baron Tailboys of Kyme 1529 Tailboys extinct 1563
Baron Mordaunt 1532 Mordaunt, Gordon Abeyant 1836  
Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury 1536 Hungerford forfeit 1540
Baron Audley of Walden 1538 Audley Extinct 1544
Baron St John of Basing 1539 Paulet extant Held by the Marquess of Winchester
Baron Russell of Cheneys 1539 Russell extant Held by the Duke of Bedford
Baron Parr of Horton 1543 Parr extinct 1547
Baron Wriothesley 1544 Wriothesley forfeit 1601 1st Baron Created Earl of Southampton in 1547
Baron Eure 1544 Eure (or Evres) extinct 1690
Baron Wharton 1544 Wharton, Kemys-Tynte, Vintcent, Robertson extant created by writ
in abeyance 1731-1739, 1761-1916
Baron Poynings 1545 Poynings extinct 1545
Baron Seymour 1547 Seymour extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Hertford (created 1537). 1st Baron created Duke of Somerset, 1547.
Baron Lumley 1547 Lumley extinct 1609
Baron Seymour of Sudeley 1547 Seymour forfeit 1549
Baron Sheffield of Butterwike 1547 Sheffield extinct 1735 Created Earl of Mulgrave in 1626
Baron Stafford 1547 Stafford extinct 1640
Baron Rich 1547 Rich extinct 1759 3rd baron created Earl of Warwick in 1618
Baron Willoughby of Parham 1547 Willoughby ???
Baron Darcy 1548 Darcy extinct 1635 created in tail male for the son of the Baron Darcy of Darcy (1509)
Baron Herbert of Cardiff 1551 Herbert extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
Baron Darcy of Chiche 1551 Darcy extinct 1640 Created Earl Rivers in 1626
Baron Paget 1552 Paget extant Created by writ - held by the Marquess of Anglesey
Baron Chandos 1554 Brydges extinct 1789 created Earl of Carnarvon in 1714. Created Duke of Chandos in 1719.
Baron North 1554 North Abeyant 1942 created by writ
in abeyance 1802-1841
Baron Howard of Effingham 1554 Howard extant Created Earl of Nottingham in 1596 (extinct 1681). Created Earl of Effingham (GB) in 1731 (extinct 1816). Created Earl of Effingham (UK) in 1837
Baron Williams of Thame 1554 Williams extinct 1559
Baron Percy 1557 Percy extinct 1670
Baron Hastings of Loughborough 1558 Hastings extinct 1572
Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon 1559 Carey extinct 1765 also Earl of Dover from 1628 to 1677
Baron St John of Bletso 1559 St John extant
Baron Beauchamp of Hache 1559 Seymour extinct 1750 6th creation of a barony of that name
Baron Lisle 1561 Dudley extinct 1590
Baron Buckhurst 1567 Sackville extinct 1843 1st Baron created Earl of Dorset in 1604; Duke of Dorset in 1720.
Baron Burghley 1571 Cecil extant Created Earl of Exeter in 1605. Created Marquess of Exeter in 1801
Baron Compton 1571 Compton, Townshend abeyant
Baron Cheyne 1572 Cheyne extinct 1587  
Baron De La Warr 1572 West extant Created Earl De La Warr in 1761
Baron Norreys of Rycote 1572 Norreys, Bertie extant 5th baron created Earl of Abingdon in 1682. Also Earl of Lindsey
Baron Howard de Walden 1597 Howard, Scott-Ellis, Czernin extant created by writ
in abeyance 1689-1784, 1797-1799, 1999-2004

1601–1700

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Title Date of creation Surname Current status Notes
Baron Cecil of Essendon 1603 Cecil extant 1st baron created Earl of Salisbury in 1605. Created Marquess of Salisbury in 1789
Baron Ellesmere 1603 Egerton extinct 1829 1st Baron created Viscount Brackley in 1616; 2nd Viscount created Earl of Bridgewater in 1617.
Baron Gerard 1603 Gerard extinct 1773
Baron Grey of Groby 1603 Grey extinct 1976 2nd holder created Earl of Stamford in 1628.
Baron Harington of Exton 1603 Harington extinct 1614  
Baron Petre 1603 Petre extant
Baron Russell of Thornhaugh 1603 Russell extant Held by the Duke of Bedford
Baron Spencer of Wormleighton 1603 Spencer extant Created Earl of Sunderland in 1643. Became Duke of Marlborough in 1733
Baron Wotton 1603 Wotton extinct
Baron Denny 1604 Denny extinct 1660 Created by writ. 1st Baron created Earl of Norwich in 1626.
Baron Marnhull 1604 Howard extinct 1614 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Northampton.
Baron Arundell of Wardour 1605 Arundel extinct 1944
Baron Carew 1605 Carew extinct 1629 1st Baron created Earl of Totnes in 1626.
Baron Cavendish of Hardwick 1605 Cavendish extant 1st baron created Earl of Devonshire in 1618. Created Duke of Devonshire in 1694
Baron Herbert of Shurland 1605 Herbert extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Montgomery. Now held by the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
Baron Stanhope of Harrington 1605 Stanhope extinct 1675
Baron Knyvet 1607 Knyvet extinct 1622
Baron Clifton 1608 Clifton, Stewart, Butler, O'Brien, Hyde, Bligh extant Created by writ. Held by the Earl of Darnley 1728-1900 and since 1937
Baron Settrington 1613 Stuart extinct 1672 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Richmond (also Duke of Lennox in the Peerage of Scotland. 1st Earl created Duke of Richmond, 1623.
Baron Dormer 1615 Dormer extant
Baron Stanhope of Shelford 1616 Stanhope extinct 1967 1st Baron created Earl of Chesterfield in 1628.
Baron Teynham 1616 Roper extant
Baron Noel of Ridlington 1617 Noel extinct 1798 1st baron succeeded as Viscount Campden in 1629.
Baron Verulam 1618 Bacon extinct 1626 Created Viscount St Alban in 1621.
Baron Whaddon 1619 Villiers extinct 1687 subsidiary of Viscount Villiers, later created Earl, Marquess and Duke of Buckingham, and Earl of Coventry
Baron of Innerdale 1619 Hamilton extinct 1651 subsidiary of Earl of Cambridge
Baron Montagu of Kimbolton 1620 Montagu extant Subsidiary title of the Viscount Mandeville. Created Earl of Manchester in 1626. Created Duke of Manchester in 1719
Baron of Newnham Paddockes 1620 Feilding extant Subsidiary title of the Viscount Feilding. Created Earl of Desmond in 1622. Created Earl of Denbigh in 1622
Baron Brooke 1621 Greville extant Created Earl Brooke in 1746 and Earl of Warwick in 1759
Baron Montagu of Boughton 1621 Montagu extinct 1749 3rd baron created Earl of Montagu in 1689 and Duke of Montagu in 1705
Baron Carey of Leppington 1622 Carey extinct 1661 1st baron created Earl of Monmouth in 1626.
Baron Howard of Charlton 1622 Howard extant 1st baron created Earl of Berkshire, 1626. Belongs to the Viscountcy of Andover and is held by the Earl of Suffolk
Baron Burghersh 1624 Fane extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Westmorland
Baron Conway 1624 Conway extinct 1683 Created Viscount Conway in 1627. Created Earl of Conway in 1679.
Baron Grey of Werke 1624 Grey extinct 1706
Baron Robartes 1625 Robartes extinct 1757 2nd baron created Earl of Radnor in 1679
Baron Vere of Tilbury 1625 Vere extinct 1635
Baron Craven 1626 Craven extinct 1697
Baron Fauconberg 1627 Belasyse extinct 1815 1st Baron created Viscount Fauconberg in 1643.
Baron FitzAlan 1627 Beaumont, FitzAlan-Howard extant The Barony was united with the Earldom of Arundel by Act of Parliament in 1627 and is held by the Duke of Norfolk.[17]
Baron Lovelace of Hurley 1627 Lovelace extinct 1736
Baron Mountjoy of Thurveston 1627 Blount Extinct 1679 Also Baron Mountjoy of Mountjoy Fort in the Peerage of Ireland. 1st baron created Earl of Newport, 1628
Baron Pierrepont 1627 Pierrepont Extinct 1773 1st baron created Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1628. 5th earl created Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1715
Baron Poulett 1627 Poulett extinct 1973 4th baron created Earl Poulett in 1706
Baron Boteler of Brantfield 1628 Boteler extinct 1657
Baron Brudenell 1628 Brudenell extant 1st Baron created Earl of Cardigan in 1661. Also Marquess of Ailesbury (created 1821) from 1868.
Baron Clifford 1628 Clifford, Boyle, Cavendish Abeyant 1858 Created in error
Baron Coventry 1628 Coventry extinct 1719 5th Baron created Earl of Coventry in 1697
Baron Hervey 1628 Hervey extinct 1642 also Baron Hervey of Ross.
Baron Howard of Escrick 1628 Howard extinct 1715
Baron Maynard 1628 Maynard extinct 1775
Baron Mohun of Okehampton 1628 Mohun Extinct 1712  
Baron Savile of Pontefract 1628 Savile extinct 1671 2nd Baron created Earl of Sussex, 1644
Baron Strange 1628 Stanley, Drummond of Megginch extant Created (in error) by writ.
also Duke of Atholl 1805-1957
Baron Hicks of Ilmington 1628 Hicks, Noel extinct 1798 Subsidiary title of Viscount Campden.
Baron Herbert of Chirbury 1629 Herbert extinct 1691
Baron Cavendish of Bolsover 1628 Cavendish extinct 1691 Subsidiary title of Viscount Mansfield. Created Marquess of Newcastle in 1643. Created Duke of Newcastle in 1664.
Baron Wentworth of Wentworth-Woodhouse 1628 Wentworth extinct 1695 1st Baron created Earl of Strafford in 1640
Baron Bayning of Horkesley 1628 Bayning extinct 1638 subsidiary title of the Viscount Bayning of Sudbury
Baron Powis 1629 Herbert extinct 1748 3rd baron created Earl of Powis in 1674 and Marquess of Powis in 1687.
Baron Cottington 1631 Cottington extinct 1652
Baron Finch of Fordwich 1640 Finch extinct 1660
Baron Stafford 1640 Howard, Jerningham, FitzHerbert extant
Baron Raby 1640 Wentworth Extinct 1799 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Strafford
Baron Capell 1641 Capell extant 2nd Baron created Earl of Essex, 1661
Baron Lyttleton of Mouslow 1641 Littleton extinct 1645
Baron Newport 1642 Newport extinct 1762 2nd baron created Viscount Newport, 1676 and Earl of Bradford, 1694
Baron Byron 1643 Byron extant
Baron Craven of Ryton 1643 Craven extinct 1650
Baron Hatton 1643 Hatton extinct 1762 2nd baron created Viscount Hatton, 1683
Baron Hopton 1643 Hopton extinct 1652
Baron Jermyn 1643 Jermyn extinct 1708
Baron Leigh 1643 Leigh extinct 1786  
Baron Loughborough 1643 Hastings extinct 1667  
Baron Percy of Alnwick 1643 Percy extinct 1659  
Baron Widdrington 1643 Widdrington forfeited 1716  
Baron Astley of Reading 1644 Astley extinct 1688
Baron Clifford of Lanesborough 1644 Boyle extinct 1753 First baron created Earl of Burlington in 1664.
Baron Colepeper 1644 Colepeper extinct 1725  
Baron Ward 1644 Ward extant Created Earl of Dudley in 1860
Baron Rockingham 1645 Watson extinct 1782 3rd baron created Earl of Rockingham in 1714 (extinct 1746). 6th baron created Marquess of Rockingham in 1746 (extinct 1782).
Baron Cholmondeley 1645 Cholmondeley extinct 1659 Created for the Earl of Leinster.
Baron Cobham 1645 Brooke extinct 1660  
Baron Lexinton 1645 Sutton extinct 1723  
Baron Belasyse 1645 Belasyse extinct 1691
Baron Gerard of Brandon 1645 Gerard extinct 1702 1st holder created Earl of Macclesfield in 1679
Baron Lucas of Shenfield 1645 Lucas extinct 1705
Baron Wotton 1650 Kirkhoven extinct 1683 1st Baron created Earl of Bellomont in 1680
Baron Berkeley of Stratton 1658 Berkeley extinct 1773  
Baron Crofts 1658 Crofts extinct 1677  
Baron Langdale 1658 Langdale extinct 1777
Baron Monck 1660 Monck extinct 1688 subsidiary title of the Duke of Albemarle
Baron Montagu of St Neots 1660 Montagu extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Sandwich.
Baron FitzHerbert 1660 Finch extinct 1729 Created for the 3rd Earl of Winchilsea
Baron Hyde 1660 Hyde extinct 1753 First holder created Earl of Clarendon in 1661
Baron Ashley 1661 Ashley-Cooper extant Created Earl of Shaftesbury in 1672.
Baron Cornwallis 1661 Cornwallis extinct 1852 5th Baron created Earl Cornwallis in 1753. 2nd Earl created Marquess Cornwallis in 1792 (extinct 1823).
Baron Crew 1661 Crew extinct 1721
Baron Delamer 1661 Booth extinct created Earl of Warrington in 1694
Baron Granville 1661 Granville extinct 1711 subsidiary title of the Earl of Bath
Baron Holles 1661 Holles extinct 1694
Baron Townshend 1661 Townshend extant 1st Baron created Viscount Townshend in 1682. 4th Viscount created Marquess of Townshend in 1787.
Baron Scott of Tynedale 1663 Montagu, Douglas, Scott extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Doncaster. Held by the Duke of Buccleuch.
Baron Lucas of Crudwell 1663 Lucas extant Also Lord Dingwall.
Baron of Dauntsey 1664 Stuart extinct 1667 Subdidiary title of the Duke of Cambridge
Baron Arundell of Trerice 1664 Arundell extinct 1768
Baron Bruce of Skelton 1664 Bruce extinct 1747 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Ailesbury. Also the Earl of Elgin.
Baron St Liz 1664 Feilding extant The Barony is held by the Earl of Denbigh, who is also the Earl of Desmond.
Baron Arlington 1665 Bennet-Fitzroy extant Created Earl of Arlington in 1672. All titles abeyant 1936-99, when the abeyance of the barony was terminated.
Baron Craven 1665 Craven extant Created for the Earl of Craven, but separated on the latter title's extinction in 1697. Created Earl of Craven in 1801.
Baron Frescheville 1665 Frescheville extinct 1682
Baron Butler 1666 Butler, Cowper abeyant Created for the Earl of Ossory, heir to the Duke of Ormond. Under attainder 1715-1871, abeyant since 1905
Baron of Dauntsey 1667 Stuart extinct 1671 Subdidiary title of the Duke of Cambridge
Baron Howard of Castle Rising 1669 Howard extinct 1777 1st baron created Earl of Norwich in 1672.
Baron Nonsuch 1670 Castlemaine extinct 1774 Subsidiary title of the Duchess of Cleveland
Baron Clifford of Chudleigh 1672 Clifford extant
Baron Cooper 1672 Ashley-Cooper extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Shaftesbury.
Baron Sudbury 1672 Fitzroy extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Euston. Created Duke of Grafton in 1675.
Baron Grey of Rolleston 1673 North extinct 1734 1st holder succeeded as 5th Baron North in 1677
Baron Osborne 1673 Osborne extinct 1964 subsidiary title of the Viscount Latimer. Created Earl of Danby in 1674; Marquess of Carmarthen in 1689; and Duke of Leeds in 1694.
Baron Finch of Daventry 1674 Finch extant 1st Baron created Earl of Nottingham in 1681 - the holder of that earldom is now also Earl of Winchilsea.
Baron Settrington 1675 Gordon-Lennox extant The Barony belongs to the Dukedom of Richmond and is held by the Duke of Richmond and Lennox.
Baron Newbury 1675 FitzRoy Extinct 1774 Subsidiary title of the Duke of Southampton
Baron Heddington 1676 Beauclerk extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Burford. Created Duke of St Albans in 1684.
Baron Manners of Haddon 1679 Manners extant Created for the Earl of Rutland. Created Duke of Rutland in 1703.
Baron Noel of Titchfield 1681 Noel extinct 1798 1st baron succeeded as Viscount Campden in 1682. Created Earl of Gainsborough in 1682.
Baron Lumley 1681 Lumley extant Created Earl of Scarborough in 1690.
Baron Carteret 1681 Carteret extinct 1776
Baron Alington of Wymondley 1682 Alington extinct 1691 also Baron Alington of Killard in the Peerage of Ireland.
Baron Thynne 1682 Thynne extant Subsidiary title of the Viscount Weymouth. Created Marquess of Bath in 1789.
Baron Dartmouth 1682 Legge extant 2nd baron created Earl of Dartmouth in 1711.
Baron Ossulston 1682 Bennet extant 2nd baron created Earl of Tankerville in 1714
Baron Guilford 1683 North extant 3rd Baron created Earl of Guilford in 1752.
Baron Stawell 1683 Stawell extinct 1755
Baron Churchill of Sundridge 1685 Churchill extant First baron created Earl of Marlborough in 1689 and Duke of Marlborough in 1702.
Baron Dover 1685 Jermyn extinct 1708
Baron Jeffreys 1685 Jeffreys extinct 1702
Baroness Darlington 1686 Sedley extinct 1717 Subsidiary title of the Countess of Dorchester - both peerages created for life
Baron Waldegrave 1686 Waldegrave extant Created Earl Waldegrave in 1729.
Baron Bosworth 1687 Fitzjames forfeit 1695 Subsidiary title of the Duke of Berwick
Baron Tyndale 1688 Radclyffe forfeit 1716 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Derwentwater
Baron Cirencester 1689 Bentinck extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Portland. Created Duke of Portland in 1716.
Baron Cholmondeley of Namptwich 1689 Cholmondeley extant First baron created Earl of Cholmondeley in 1706. Created Marquess of Cholmondeley in 1815.
Baron Wokingham 1689 Oldenburg extinct 1708 Subsidiary title of the Duke of Cumberland
Baron Ashburnham 1689 Ashburnham extinct 1924 Created Earl of Ashburnham in 1730.
Baron Torbay 1689 Herbert extinct 1716 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Torrington.
Baron Milton 1689 Sydney extinct 1704 Subsidiary title of the Viscount Sydney of Sheppey. Created Earl of Romney in 1694
Baron Villiers 1691 Villiers extant Subsidiary title of the Viscount Villiers. created Earl of Jersey in 1697.
Baron Capell of Tewkesbury 1692 Capell extinct 1696
Baron Leominster 1692 Fermor extinct 1867 2nd Baron created Earl of Pomfret in 1721
Baron Herbert of Chirbury 1694 Herbert extinct 1738
Baron Howland of Streatham 1695 Russell extant Created for the first Duke of Bedford
Baron Haversham 1696 Thompson extinct 1745
Baron Ashford 1697 van Keppel extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Albemarle.
Baron Shingay 1697 Russell extinct 1727 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Orford.
Baron Somers 1697 Somers extinct 1716
Baron Barnard 1698 Vane extant 3rd Baron created Earl of Darlington, 1754 - 3rd Earl created Duke of Cleveland, 1833 - both titles extinct 1891
Baron Alford 1698 de Nassau d'Auverquerque extinct 1754 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Grantham.
Baron Halifax 1700 Montagu extinct 1771 1st Baron created Earl of Halifax in 1714 (extinct 1715); 2nd Baron created Earl of Halifax in 1715 (extinct 1771)

1701–1707

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Title Date of creation Surname Current status Notes
Baron Guernsey 1703 Finch-Knightly extant 1st holder created Earl of Aylesford in 1714.
Baron Gower 1703 Leveson-Gower extant Created the Earl Gower in 1746. Created the Marquess of Stafford in 1786. Created the Duke of Sutherland in 1833.
Baron Conway of Ragley 1703 Seymour extant Created Earl of Hertford in 1750. Created Marquess of Hertford in 1793.
Baron Hervey of Ickworth 1703 Hervey extant 1st baron created Earl of Bristol in 1714. Created Marquess of Bristol in 1826.
Baron Granville of Potheridge 1703 Granville extinct 1707
Baron Tewkesbury 1706 - merged in the crown 1727 Subsidiary title of the Duke of Cambridge.
Baron Cowper 1706 Cowper extinct 1905 First baron created Earl Cowper in 1718.
Baron Chesterford 1706 Howard extinct 1722 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Bindon.

See also

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Footnotes

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Notes

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  1. ^ According to The Complete Peerage:In 1616 the barony of De Ros was allowed precedence from this writ [of 24 December 1264], a decision adopted by the Lords in 1806 (Round, Peerage and Pedigree, vol. i, pp. 249-50); but these writs, issued by Simon in the King's name, are no longer regarded as valid for the creation of peerages - see Cokayne (1949)[1] The corresponding article in the first edition of the Complete Peerage is at Cokayne (1895).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Cokayne, G. E. (1949). Geoffrey H. White (ed.). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times (Rickerton to Sisonby). Vol. 11 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press. p. 95.
  2. ^ Cokayne, G. E., ed. (1895). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant (N to R). Vol. 6 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 400.
  3. ^ In 1604, the first creation of the barony was called out of abeyance for Mary Fane, the first barony by writ of summons to so be revived. When calling it out of abeyance, the House of Lords gave it precedence as if it had been created in 1264. See The Complete Peerage, 2nd edition, Volume 1, Preface, P xvi
  4. ^ Lords Journals, 27 July 1877, Volume 109, P339
  5. ^ G. E. Cokayne, ed. V. Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, Vol. 2, (1912) pp. 302-304
  6. ^ “[The first Baron] ... is recorded to have been present in pleno parliamento domini Regis on the morrow of Trinity 18 Edw. I [29 May 1290] with other magnates et proceres tunc in parliamento existentes, whereby he is held to have become LORD HASTINGES....In the Hastings Peerage claim in 1840-41 the Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords, following the recommendation of Lord Chancellor Cottenham, decided that the presence of Sir John de Hastings in this Parliament was pursuant to the issue of a writ of summons to him, and resolved accordingly.” - The Complete Peerage, 2nd edition, Volume VI, P 347
  7. ^ Complete Peerage, 2nd edition, Vol 3, P56
  8. ^ HL Deb 03 December 1924 vol 60 c4 4 § The House being informed that his Lordship was attending with his writ of summons, the Lord Speaker explained to the House his Lordship's descent: Then his Lordship was called in and took the Oath, and then took his place on the Baron's Bench next below the Lord Hastings.
  9. ^ The Complete Peerage, 2nd edition, Vol IV, P382
  10. ^ The Complete Peerage, 2nd edition, Vol VII, P460
  11. ^ Complete Peerage, 1st edition, Volume V, P 370
  12. ^ Complete Peerage, 2nd edition, Vol IV, P31
  13. ^ The Complete Peerage, 1st edition, Vol , P166
  14. ^ The Complete Peerage, 1st edition, Volume 7, P24
  15. ^ Complete Peerage, 2nd edition, Volume 1, P 259
  16. ^ Complete Peerage, 2nd edition, Volume 1, PP420-1
  17. ^ Complete Peerage, 2nd edition, Volume V, P392
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