HERALDRY. 
earls has been very common ; but the eldeft- fons of 
barons have feldoin had that honour; there being but 
two inftaiices, and in both their fathers had in them fe- 
veral baronies. The firft was William Parker, the eldeft 
fon of Edward lord Morley and Moirntegle, by the 
name of lord Mountegle. The fecond was the eldeft 
fon o,f lord Darcie, Meynill, and Conyers, by the name 
of lord Darcie. 
The practice became in general ufe tovrards the mid¬ 
dle of the laft century ; and as it may gratify the curio- 
fity of fome of our readers to be informed of fome of 
the early cafes, we fhall notice two or three. The firft 
we fhall mention is the barony of Townfend ; and which 
was granted in the year 1661, together with the title of 
vifcount Townfend, to fir Horatio Townfend, baronet. 
The eldeft fon of his fon Charles, the fecond vifcount, 
in 1723, was fummoned to parliament by the title of 
baron Lynn, of Lynn Regis; and on the death of his 
father, in 1738, became vifcount Townfend. He had 
iiiue George, created marquis Townfend ; and whofe 
eldeft fon, created earl of Leicefter, is the prefent mar¬ 
quis; he fucceeded his father in 1807, and in the life¬ 
time of his father was fummoned to the houfe by the 
title of baron De Ferrars of Chartley; to which title 
lie fucceeded on the death of his mother, the only child 
of James the fifth earl of Northampton, in 1770. His 
lordfliip was afterwards, May 18, 1784, advanced to the 
earldom of Lcicejler. The barony of De Ferrars of Chart- 
ley was originally by tenure; the writ of fummons in 
the year 1298. 
The next in order of time is the barony of Olborne, 
which title was granted, in 1673, to firThomas Ofoorne, 
Baronet, anfe who was (hortly afterwards created duke 
of Leeds, and died in 1712. His eldeft fon. Peregrine, 
who was afterwards the fecond duke, was fummoned to 
parliament by the title of lord Olborne, in the year 1690; 
he died in 1729. Peregrine, the only Ton of the laft- 
mentioned and fecond duke, was fummoned to parlia¬ 
ment by the title of lord Olborne in 1712; and, after 
being the third duke, died in 1731. Thomas, his only 
fon, became the fourth duke, and died in 1789, leaving 
jlfue an only furviving fon, the fifth duke, and who had 
alfo fummons to parliament in the life-time of his father, 
by the title of lord Olborne. 
In the barony of Bruce of Worlton : Charles, the fon 
of Thomas the fecond earl of Ailelbury, was fummoned 
to parliament in.1711, by the title of lord Bruce of 
Worlton; a title which had never before exilied in the 
family. In 1746, the dignity of lord Bruce, of Totten¬ 
ham, was granted to him, and his heirs male, with re¬ 
mainder to Thomas-Bruce Brudenell, and his heirs male. 
On the death of his father he became the third earl of 
Ailelbury, and died in 1746. 
It is proper to remark, that in many cafes, and indeed 
very generally fo, many of the baronies afcribed to the 
nobility are not veiled, but all baronies to which the 
peer has only a claim as a co-heir with others; and, there 
cannot exift a doubt, but that the crown, in all fuch 
cafes, can 1'ummon to parliament as many of fuch co¬ 
heirs as there are different and diftinft baronies. It is 
however not to be fuppofed that the crown would ex- 
ercife this power, either to its full extent, or even par¬ 
tially ; but that, where two baronies are actually veiled 
in fee in one perfoir, the crown will not exercife the 
power of difuniting them, farther than extends to the 
elder fon of the exifting polfelfor ; and in that cafe it is 
evident that the future poirelfor of the father’s honour, 
mull necelfarily be the heir to the fon, and confequently 
the original titles will again centre in the immediate 
heir of both. We fhall now proceed to the remaining 
conlideration of the fubjedt, viz. a creation by patent. 
Upon examining the creations that paired in the time 
of Edward III. and until the conclufion of the reign of 
Richard III. nearly all have been palfed by the autho¬ 
rity of, and in, full parliament. It was common for the 
ftatutes that palfed, at the- periods of which we. are 
treating, to be in the form of patents; and it was by 
the houfe refolved, that all patents which palfed the. 
great feal, and. were fubfcribed de aulhoritate parlia¬ 
ments; or per ipfum regem in farliamento, fiiould be 
confidered as poffefling the authority of adls of parlia¬ 
ment. In the nth of Edward III. Henry ofLancafter 
was created earl of Derby, de definito parliamenti confilio. 
In the fame year, William de Clynton, William de 
Bohiin, and Robert de Clifford, were feverally created 
earls of Huntingdon, Northampton, and Suffolk; and 
Edward duke of Cornwall, de ajfenfu et confliopralatorum, 
comitum, baronum, et aliorum de coif Ho nofro in prefenti parlia- 
mentd] and during the reign of Edward 111. a period of 
upwards of fifty years, not one patent was palfed but in 
parliament. 
In the reign of his grandfon, Richard II. above thirty 
perfons were created dukes and earls, de ajfenfu preelato- 
rum, ducum, comitum, baronum, et communitatis regni in parlia - 
men/o. In the following reign, there were but two pa¬ 
tents palfed. The one of the title of earl of Dorfet to 
Thomas of Beaufort, the brother of the reigning mo¬ 
narch ; and the other to Thomas of Lancafter, his fon, 
of the earldom of Albemarle. In thefe patents the con- 
fent of parliament is not mentioned, but it is more than 
probable they were both pafTed in parliament. 
In the following reigns of Henry V. and of Edward IV. 
the patents were alfo all palled in parliament, and the 
fame method was obferved in the creating of barons: 
for from the year 1264, until the commencement of the 
reign of Henry VII. A. D. 1485, there is not one in- 
llance of a baron being created by patent otherwife than 
in parliament ; and during the whole of the lalt-men- 
tioned period, there were but fifteen patents paired for 
this purpofe. The following are the names and titles 
of the perfons fo created : 
11 Rich. II. John de Beauchampe Baron of Kidder- 
11 Hen. VI. Sir John Cornwall 
(1316) Sir Ralph Botiller 
(1441) Sir John Cornwall 
(the above) 
Rich. II. John Talbot 
17 Hen. VI. Sir John Beauchampe 
(1448) Sir John Stourton 
(1445) Sir Thomas Hoo 
28 Hen. VI. Sir Richard Wydville 
28 Hen. VI. Sir Thomas Grey 
28 Hen. VI. Sir Thomas Percy 
Hen. VI. Sir Richard Fenys 
2Edw.IV. Sir Humphrey Stafford 
4Edw.IV. Sir Walter Blount 
15Edw.IV. Sir Edward Grey 
minfter, iff patent. 
Lord Fanlope. 
Baron of Sudley. 
Baron of Mil- 
broke. 
Baron Beauchampe 
of Bowyche. 
Baron Stourton. 
Baron Hoo de 
Haftings. 
Baron Ry vers. 
Baron of Ruge- 
mont Grey. 
Baron of Egre- 
mont. 
Lord Ddcre. 
BaronSouthwyhe, 
Lord Montjoy. 
Lord Lille. 
Thefe are all the patents forbaronies that palfed pre¬ 
vious to the reign of Henry VII. and they were all palTed 
per breve de privato fgillo, et' de aulhoritate parliamenti. 
Until this period the lords did not fuffer the exercife of 
the prerogative of creating peers but in parliament; but 
from the commencement of that reign the power has by 
degrees, and is now, folely a prerogative of the crown. 
Having fufficiently enlarged upon this part of our 
fubjedt under inveftigation, we fhall proceed to conlider 
the creation of a baron by letters patent: firft premifing 
that all ancient baronies, or baronies by prefeription or 
tenure, are confidered as baronies in fee ; and, as we have 
before obferved, will defeend to the heirs general. 
An honour created by letters patent, and which is the 
mode now generally adopted, muft have reference to 
the terms and limitations.therein fpecified ; for without 
this, or fome other limitation, the party enobled is con- 
fidered 
