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Hace 3 días · A manor here is said to have been bought from Henry Earl of Deloraine by the Earl of Egremont in 1760, and is now in the possession of Lord Leconfield. A family bearing the name of the place held land here in the 13th century of Nicholas de Meynell.
Hace 5 días · First to be explored is how the earldom of Norfolk came into being – how the fortunes of the Bigod family were made. By 1107, Morris shows, the Bigods had become 'barons of the first rank' (p. 1) and by 1166 were the fifth richest family in England.
Hace 4 días · When in October 1399 the new king, Henry IV, granted the honour to Ralph Earl of Westmorland, the long and troublesome connexion of Britanny and Richmond was broken at last. The Earl of Westmorland kept the lands (though he never had the title) for his life.
Hace 4 días · In 1088 William II rewarded Henry's loyalty by creating him Earl of Warwick, and added lands to support that dignity out of the estates of Turchil of Arden, an English thegn. Henry also acquired at about the same time the Warwickshire estates of his elder brother Robert, Count of Meulan.
Hace 4 días · This is a list of the various different nobles and magnates including both lords spiritual and lords secular. It also includes nobles who were vassals of the king but were not based in England (Welsh, Irish, French). Additionally nobles of lesser rank who appear to have been prominent in England at the time.
Hace 3 días · The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
Hace 3 días · John Maitland, duke of Lauderdale (born May 24, 1616, Lethington [now Lennoxlove], East Lothian, Scotland—died August 20/24, 1682, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England) was one of the chief ministers of King Charles II of England (reigned 1660–85); he earned notoriety for his repressive rule in Scotland during Charles II’s reign.
