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Ashley-Cooper, Anthony
Astley, Jacob
Bacon, Francis
Beauchamp, Anne de
Beauchamp, Guy de
Beauchamp, Henry de
Beauchamp, Roger de
Beauchamp, Thomas de
Beauchamp, William de
Beaufort
Beaufort, Henry
Beaufort, John
Beaufort, Thomas de
Belasyse, Thomas
Bennett, Henry
Berkley, Thomas de
Berkley, William
Bohun, Humphrey de
Boleyn, Anne
Boleyn, George
Boleyn, Thomas
Bourchier, Henry
Brandon
Bullen
Burgh, Hubert de
Butler, Thomas
Byron
Campbell, Archibald
Cavendish, William
Cecil, Robert
Cecil, William
Charles I
Churchill, John
Clare
Clare, Gilbert de
Clifford
Clinton, Edward
Compton, Spencer
Cromwell
Cromwell, Thomas
Despenser, Hugh
Devereux, Robert
Devereux, Walter
Downing, George
Dudley
Dudley I
Dudley, Robert
Edmund
Edmund of Langley
Edmund of Woodstock
Edward
Edward II
Edward III
Edward of Clarence
Edward the Black Prince
Elizabeth I
Fitzroy
FitzWilliam
George of Clarence
Godwin
Goring, Thomas
Greville, Alan Francis
Greville
Grey
Guader
Harold II
Henry III
Henry IV
Henry V
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Herbert
Herbert, Richard de
Howard, Charles
Howard
Howard, Thomas
Hyde, Edward
Hyde
James I
James II
John of Bedford
John of Gaunt
Lancaster
Marshal, William
Mauduit
Montfort, Simon de
Mortimer, Edmund
Mortimer, Roger
Mowbray
Neville
Neville Kingmaker, Richard
Newburgh
Newburgh II
Osbourne, Thomas
Parr
Percy, Henry
Percy, Henry "Hotspur"
Percy, Thomas
Plantagenet
Plessis
Richard
Richard III
Richard I the Lionheart
Rich
Rich I
Rich II
Rich III
Rich IV
Robert of Gloucester
Russell
Sackville, Lionel
Savile
Scott
Seymour, Edward
Seymour, Thomas
Siward of Northumbria
Somerset, Edward
Somerset, Henry
Stafford, George
Stafford, Henry
Stanley, Thomas
Stewart
Talbot
Tostig
Trevor
Tudor, Edmund
Tudor
Tudor, Jasper
Vere
Villiers
Villiers, George
Warenne
Warenne, John de
Wentworth, Thomas
William I the Conqueror
Woodville, Richard
Wriothesley, Thomas
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1018
Godwin
Wessex Created Earl of Wessesx by Canute
1019
Godwin
Created Earl of the West Saxons
1041
Siward of Northumbria
Northumbria Created Earl of Northumbria after murdering his wife's uncle
1045
Harold II
Created Earl of East Anglia
1053
Harold II
Created Earl of Wessex, 2nd most powerful person after the King
1055
Tostig
Hunting'shire Created Earl of Huntingdonshire by his brother-in-law Edward the Confessor
Northamp'shire Created Earl of Northamptonshire by his brother-in-law Edward the Confessor
Northumbria Created Earl of Northumbria by his brother-in-law Edward the Confessor
1058
Harold II
Created Earl of Hereford
1068
William I the Conqueror
Northumbria Makes Robert de Commines Earl of Northumbria
1070
Guader
Norfolk Created Earl of Norfolk, 1st
1119
Newburgh
Warwick Created Earl of Warwick, 2nd
1121
Robert of Gloucester
Gloucester Created Earl of Gloucester by Henry I
1138
Clare
Hertford Created Earl of Hertford
Pembroke Created Earl of Pembroke
1153
Newburgh
Warwick Created Earl Warwick, 3rd
1168
Richard I the Lionheart
Acquitaine Created Duke of Acquitaine
1172
Richard I the Lionheart
Poitiers Created Duke of Poitiers
1184
Newburgh
Warwick Created Earl Warwick, 4th
1189
Richard I the Lionheart
Anjou Created Duke of Anjou
Normandy Created Duke of Normandy
1199
Bohun, Humphrey de
Hereford Created Earl of Hereford, 1st
1202
Warenne
London Created Earl of Surrey, 5th
1203
Newburgh II
Warwick Created Earl of Warwick, 5th
1217
Clare
Gloucester Created Earl of Gloucester, 6th
1217
Clare, Gilbert de
Gloucester Created Earl of Gloucester, 6th
1219
Marshal, William
After his father's death isucceeds the elder William as both Earl of Pembroke and as Lord Marshal of England, the two titles, combined with his father's legendary status, make William one of the most powerful men in England
1227
Burgh, Hubert de
Kent Created Earl of Kent by Henry II
1229
Henry III
9th Oct Portsmouth Peter of Brittany receives the Earldom of Richmond
1229
Newburgh
Warwick Created Earl Warwick, 6th
1231
Montfort, Simon de
Leicester Created Earl of Leicster, the 1st Earl of England
1238
Montfort, Simon de
11th April Created Earl of Leicester, 6th
1242
Plessis
Warwick Created Earl of Warwick, 7th
1258
Bohun, Humphrey de
Essex Created Earl of Essex
1262
Clare, Gilbert de
Becomes the 9th Earl of Clare, the 7th Earl of Hertford and the 8th Earl of Gloucester
1263
Clare, Gilbert de
Glamorgan Created Lord of Glamorgan
1263
Mauduit
Warwick Created Earl of Warwick
1265
Edmund
Leicester Created Earl of Leicester, rewarded with Simon de Montfort's forfeited earldom
Evesham Given Simon de Montfort's earldom after his defeat at the Battle of Evesham
1266
Edmund
London Created Earl of Derby after the latters' defeat at Chesterfield
1267
Edmund
London Created Earl of Lancaster by his brother Edward I
1268
Beauchamp, William de
Warwick Created Earl of Warwick, 9th, nephew of William Mauduit
1282
Warenne, John de
London Created Earl of Sussex
Bromfield Created Lord of Bromfield & Yale in Wales
1295
Berkley, Thomas de
Created Baron Berkeley, 1st
1298
Beauchamp, Guy de
Warwick Created Earl of Warwick
1301
Edward II
7th Feb Lincoln Created Earl of Chester
1304
Warenne, John de
Surrey Created Earl of Surrey, 7th
1312
Edward III
24th Nov Chester Created Earl of Chester
1321
Edmund of Woodstock
Kent Created Earl of Kent, 3rd
1322
Despenser, Hugh
Created Earl of Winchester by Edward II
1325
Edward III
Ponthieu Created Count of Ponthieu
Gascony Created Duke of Gascony
1328
Mortimer, Roger
Created Earl March, 1st
1329
Beauchamp, Thomas de
Warwick Created Earl of Warwick, 11th
1333
Edward the Black Prince
Chester Created Earl of Chester
1337
Edward the Black Prince
Cornwall Created Duke of Cornwall, 1st Duke created in England
1359
John of Gaunt
Reading Abbey Marries Blanche, heiress to the Palatinate of Lancaster and also becomes the 14th Baron of Halton
1360
Mortimer, Edmund
London Created Earl of March, 3rd
1362
Edmund of Langley
Cambridge Created Earl of Cambridge
1362
John of Gaunt
13th Nov Gaunt received the title "Duke of Lancaster" from Edward III
1368
Mortimer, Edmund
London Created Earl of Ulster, 1368-81
1369
Beauchamp, Thomas de
Warwick Created Earl of Warwick, 12th
1377
Henry IV
Derby Created Earl of Derby
1377
Percy, Henry "Hotspur"
Northumberland Created Earl of Northumberland, the 1st
1385
Edmund of Langley
York Created Duke of York
1385
Vere
Dublin Created Marquis of Dublin
1386
Vere
Dublin Created Duke of Ireland
1390
Lancaster
London Created Duke of England
1397
Beaufort, John
10th Feb Created Earl of Somers et, 1st
29th Sep Created Marquess of Somers et and Dorset
1397
Edward
London Created Duke of Aumale, 1st
1397
Mowbray
London Created Duke of Norfolk, 1st
1397
Neville
Westmorland Created Earl of Westmorland, 1st
1397
Percy, Thomas
Worcester Created Earl of Worcester by Richard II
1399
Henry IV
Lancaster Created Duke of Lancaster
1399
Henry V
15th Oct Chester Created Earl of Chester
15th Oct Cornwall Created Earl of Cornwall
1401
Beauchamp, Roger de
Warwick Created Earl Warwick, 13th
1402
Edward
London Created Duke of York, 2nd
1411
Beaufort, Thomas de
5th Nov Created Earl of Dorset
1412
Beaufort
Exeter Created Duke of Beaufort
1414
John of Bedford
Bedford Created Duke of Bedford, 2nd, by his brother Henry V
1416
Beaufort, Thomas de
18th Nov Created 1st Duke of Exeter
1418
Beaufort, Thomas de
1st July Created Count of Harcourt
1st July Created Lord of Lillebonne
1427
Stewart
London Created Earl Strathearnl, 15th
1428
Richard
Created Duke of York
1431
Stewart
London Created Earl Caithness , 14th
1439
Beauchamp, Henry de
Warwick Created Earl Warwick, 14th
1440
Talbot
Waterford Henry V sends John Talbot to rule Ireland & makes him the Earl of Waterford
1442
Talbot
Shrewsbury Created Earl of Shrewsbury
1444
Stafford, George
Buckingham Created Duke of Buckuingham, 1st
1445
Beauchamp, Henry de
Warwick Created Duke of Warwick, 1st & only Duke of Warwick
1446
Beauchamp, Anne de
Warwick Created Earl Warwick, 15th, sister of Henry de Beauchamp who has no successor
1448
Beaufort, Henry