HERALDRY. 
795 
Samuel Roll?, efq. (5,) who had an only daughter Mar- James lordMon'tagu,marriedJane-Margaret,thedaugh- 
garet, (6,) married to Robert earl of Oxford, (7.) The ter of lord Douglas. His lordfhip’s fatlie? married lady 
baronefs Clinton and Saye had alfo an only daughter Jane Douglas, only fifter and heir of the latd duke of 
Bridget, (8,) who married Francis Trefufis, efq. (9 ;) Douglas in Scbtland. 
and from whom, in a direCt line, defcended Samuel, The prefent baron, (1,) fir John Stewart his father, 
(10,) Robert, ’(it,) and Robert Cotton Trefufis, (12.) (2,) lady Jane Douglas, (3,) duke of Douglas, (4,) the 
The lad mentioned had two fons: Robert, (13,) who father of the late duke, (5,) lady Lucy, fifter to the 
died unmarried; and George-William, (14,) fatluft- of third duke of Montrofe, and daughter of William the 
Robert-Cotton-St.-John Trefufis, (15,) the prefent baron fifth, marquis and fetond duke of Montrofe, ((5>) the 
Clinton and Saye. third duke, (7,) his father, (8,)drfdy Frances Scott, (9,) 
We now return to Theophilus, earl of Lincoln; he the duke of Buccleuch, (xo,) the father of the prefent 
had an only daughter Margaret, (16,) who married duke, (11,) the fons of the prefent lord Douglas, (12,. 
Hugh Bofcawen, (17.) His only daughter Bridget, (18,) 13, 14,) Jane-Margaret, a daughter, married to Henry- 
was the firft: wife of Hugh Fortefcue., (19,) the ninth in James lord Montagu, (15,) foil' of the duke of Buc 
defcent from the lord-chancellor Fortefcue. By this cleiich, (16 ;) by whom he has iffue fons and daughters 
marriage he had two fons, (No. 20 and 21 ;) the younger See the pedigrees of each of thefe noble families, cor 
of whom died before his brother Hugh. To this refponding to this Table, ampng th,e Peer's, in the pre 
Hugh, the barony of Clinton and Saye was confirmed ceding pages o ! f this article. 
by George I. and 'he demandedyhis writ of fummons.^ The ceremony of introducing a baron into the houfe 
He was advanced to the dignity of earl Clinton, and of lords has been ftated in cur fecond volume, under 
baron Fortefcue, of Caftle-hill; and in default pf ififue the head Baron; and we have to add, that by a 
male, the title of Fortefcue was limited to his half- late a£t of parliament, the following (lamp-duties are 
brother Matthew, and the heirs male of his body. He impofed on the creation^of every peer, according to 
dying unmarried, the title of earl became extinct; but the rank and fcale therein mentioned. The whole ex- 
the barony of Fortefcue defcended, agreeably to the pences, and fees of every defcription, paid, as well at the 
letters patent, (No. 20.) The fecond wife of the firft- Heralds’-Office as at the Houfe of Lords, are alfo fub- 
mentioned Hugh Fortefcue, (21,) the laft-mentioned joined. 
Matthew, (22,) Hugh his foil, the prefent baron, created Stamp-Duties . Her a Ids'-Office. H. of Lords'. 
£. 
£. s. d. 
200 - - 32 
150 - - 20 00 
. £. si'd. 
27 o o 
27 o o 
19 6 S 
14 o o 
by George III. earl Fortefcue, (23,) -, his fon 
and heir apparent, (24,) a daughter of Hugh Fortefcue, Archbifliop - - 
married to lord Lyttelton, (25.) Duke - - - 
The remaining cafe is that of lord Douglas, who Marquis - ' - .. 
married Lucy, fifter to the third and prefent duke, and Earl - - - - 
daughter of the fifth jmarquis and fecond duke, of Mon- Vifcount - - - 
trofe. He had iflue by his firft wife three fons and one Bifliop - -- 20 - - 668- - 14 00 
daughter. He married, fecondly, lady Frances Scott, Baron - - - - ,ioo_ --1600-- 900 
fifter to the duke of Buccleuch, and whofe fon, Flenry- Baronet - - - 50 - . 8 18 6 
The following TABLE will (how the Progrefs and Increafe of the Baronial Honours in each Reign, from the 
Commencement of William the Conqueror, to the Clofe of the Reign of the late King. 
Reign. 
Ended. 
Englijh 
Irijk. 
820. 
897. 
King of England. 
Knighthood firft Ufed. 
William the Conqueror 
io 66 
1087 
20 
_■ 
1066. 
Firft Earl created in England. 
William Rufus - - - 
1087 
* r 100 
4 
— 
1072. 
Biftiops made Barons. 
Henry I. - - - - - 
1100 
ii35 
5 
_ 
Precedence of Canterbury to York. . 
Stephen - f 
1135 
H54 
18 
— 
— 
-of Biftiops fettled. » 
Henry II. - - - - - 
ii54 
1189 
9 
7 
Richard I. - - - - 
1189 
1199 
1216 
6 
John ----- . 
1199 
1216 
8 
4 
Henry III. 
1272 
22 
1243. 
Premier Earl by defcent. (Norfolk.) 
Edward I. - - - - - 
1272 
1307 
164 
— 
1264. 
Barori de Ros created. 
Edward II. ----- 
1307 
1326 
63 
4 
i28r. 
Prince of Wales. 
Edward III. 
1326 
i37'7 
81 
4 
1336'. 
Title of Duke to Edward fon of Edward III. 
Richard II. - - - - 
1377. 
1399 
34 
1340. 
Heralds’ College inftituted. 
Henry IV. - - - - - 
1 399 
r«D2 
17 
2 
1349. 
Order of the Garter. 
Henry V. - -... - 
1412 
1422 
8 
_ 1 
1398. 
Firft Duke in Scotland. 
Henry VI. - - 1 - - - 
1422 
1460 
57 
— 
1399- 
Order of the Bath. Revived 1725. 
Edward-IV. - - - - 
1460 
1483 
57 
3 
1439- 
Firft Vifcount created, but extinct. 
Edward V; - - _ - 
1483 
1483 
1442. 
Earl by creation. (Shrewlbury. ) 
Richard III. - - - - 
1483 
H85 
5 
—. 
1484. 
Premier Duke by creation. (Norfolk.) 
Henry VII. - - - - 
14 § 5. 
1509 
20 
— 
Henry VIII. 
1509 
• 1546 
66 
17 
1540. 
Order of the Thiftle. 
Edward VI. - _ - -; 
1546 
1533 
2 2.. 
1542. 
King of Ireland. 
Mary ------ 
^553 
1558 
9 
— 
1542. 
Premier Vifcount. (Hereford.) 
Elizabeth - - - - . 
1558 
1602 
29 
3 
I 55. 1 • 
Premier Marquis. (Winchcfer.) 
James I. - . 
1602 
1625 
98 
55 
1605. 
King of Great Britain. 
Charles I.. 
1625 
1648 
130 
57 
1611. 
Premier Baronet. (Sir Nicholas Bacon.) 
Charles 11. - - - . 
1648 
1685 
137 
41 
1625. 
Baronet of Nova Scotia. (Sir Robert Gordon.) 
James II.”. 
1685 
1688 
11 
5 
William and Mary - - 
1688 
1702 
46 
14 
Anne ------ 
1702 
ilt 4 
47 
8 
1707. 
England and Scotland united. 
George I. - - - . •• . 
1714 
1727 
60 
54 
George II. - - - - . 
1727 
1760 
99 
76 
■George III. 
-1760 
to 1809 
185 
156 
7 
17S3. 
Order of St. Patrick. 
Peereffes 4 
1800. 
Great Britain and Ireland United. 
In the laft Article the Statement does not include 
thofe 
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the Peers created in this Reign, and extintt, See. but only 
now living. 
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