• barony by writ in the Peerage of Ireland, that of La Poer, now held by the Marquess of Waterford. (Certain other baronies were originally created by writ...
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  • Baron La Poer (category Baronies created by error)
    today by Henry Beresford, 9th Marquess of Waterford. Instead of a barony by patent, a "barony by writ" is a hereditary title created by a writ of summons...
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    Baron Berkeley (category Baronies in the Peerage of England)
    fifth Baron by writ, when no male heirs to the barony by writ remained, although the feudal barony continued. The next creation by writ was in 1421,...
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    England, a feudal barony or barony by tenure was the highest degree of feudal land tenure, namely per baroniam (Latin for "by barony"), under which the...
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    Baron Marmion (category Baronies by writ)
    different baronies held by the Marmion family, two feudal baronies, one purported barony created by Simon de Montfort and one barony by writ. The first...
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    Baron St Maur (category Baronies by writ)
    Baron St Maur was a barony created by writ in 1314 for the soldier Nicholas de St Maur (died 1316), of Rode in Somerset. The descent of the "baronial"...
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    Baron Percy (category Baronies by writ)
    feudal barony rather than a barony by writ, which continued in parallel with the later baronies by writ, until the abolition of feudal tenure by the Tenures...
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    Baron Zouche (category Baronies by writ)
    Calne and Harringworth and by whom he had three daughters and two sons. Their elder son William la Zouche was summoned by writ to Parliament as Baron Zouche...
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    Baron Wharton (category Baronies by writ)
    in 1916 by writ of summons, thanks to an 1844 decision in the House of Lords based on absence of documentation. As such, the current Barony of Wharton...
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  • Baron Willoughby de Broke, a barony by writ in the peerage of England since 1491 Baron Willoughby de Eresby, a barony by writ in the peerage of England,...
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  • 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...
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    Baron Burgh (category Baronies in the Peerage of England)
    but did not sit; whether this was sufficient to create a barony by writ is debatable. This Barony was in abeyance for over three hundred years; when it was...
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    Baron Berners (category Baronies in the Peerage of England)
    Baron Berners is a barony created by writ in the Peerage of England. The barony was created in 1455 for Sir John Bourchier, youngest son of William Bourchier...
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    Baron Clinton (category Baronies by writ)
    who had served in the Scottish and French wars. The peerage was created by writ, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines. It...
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    Segrave (Seagrave) is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ in 1283 for Nicholas de Segrave, and the title is drawn from a village...
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  • Thumbnail for Baron Neville
    Baron Neville (category Baronies by writ)
    inherited from his father the feudal barony of Raby, becoming the first "Baron Neville of Raby". The barony by writ was created when Geoffrey de Neville's...
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    became the seventeenth holder of the barony by writ of summons. Lord Darnley was succeeded in the Irish titles by his younger brother, the eighth Earl...
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    Baron le Despencer (category Baronies by writ)
    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...
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    has been held by Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. The title of Baron Willoughby was created by writ in 1313 for Robert...
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    Baron Manny. On his death in 1389 the earldom and barony of Manny became extinct, while the barony of Hastings became dormant. It then became the subject...
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    father depends on how the barony was created. A barony by writ descends to an only daughter, if a baron have no sons; a barony by patent follows the rule...
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  • Thumbnail for Baron Strange
    Shropshire were: Gules, two lions passant argent. All four baronies of Strange were created by writ, which means that they can also pass through female lines...
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    her father's ancient barony by writ and became suo jure 14th Baroness de Clifford. She was a patron of literature and as evidenced by her diary and many...
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    Baron de Ros (redirect from Barony de Ros)
    Parliament in London, and for some time it was considered that the barony was created by writ in that year, giving it precedence over all other English titles...
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    Baron Clifford (category Baronies by writ)
    Barony de Clifford, created in 1299, which could therefore be used to give Henry a seat in the House of Lords during his father's lifetime via a writ...
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  • Baron Latimer (category Baronies in the Peerage of England)
    cross flory. By modern law the existence of a barony by writ requires three things: a (recorded) writ, evidence that the recipient of the writ actually sat...
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    Baron St John of Bletso (category Baronies in the Peerage of England)
    the Barony continued via another branch which had since become the baronet line. The eldest son of the 1st Earl was advanced to the barony by Writ of acceleration...
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    including Baron Berkeley (barony by writ), Earl of Berkeley, and Marquess of Berkeley. The royal manor of Berkeley was originally granted by William the Conqueror...
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    Baron Howard de Walden (category Baronies by writ)
    created by writ of summons in 1597 by Queen Elizabeth I for Admiral Lord Thomas Howard, a younger son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, by his second...
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    in the Peerage of England, It was created by patent in 1448 for John Stourton. In 1878, the ancient barony of Mowbray was called out of abeyance in favour...
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