Peerage of England

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The Peerage of England is the historic system of hereditary and life titles of nobility—such as duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron—created by the English Crown before the 1707 Acts of Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf peerage
system of nobility
appliesToJurisdiction England
conferredBy Kingdom of England
surface form: English Crown

monarch of England
continuesAs subdivision of the Peerage of the United Kingdom
country Kingdom of England
distinctFrom Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Ireland
Peerage of Scotland
Peerage of the United Kingdom
endCause Acts of Union 1707
endTime 1707
followedBy Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of the United Kingdom
follows Anglo-Saxon nobility
hasAssociatedRight seat in the House of Lords of England
hasCategory English peerage titles
hasCharacteristic feudal origin
hereditary succession
parliamentary summons
hasHigherRankThan gentry of England
hasInfluenced modern British honours system
hasLegalStatus historical legal order of nobility
hasLowerRankThan British royal family
surface form: Royal family of England
hasNotableFeature titles created before 1707 Acts of Union
hasPart Baron in the Peerage of England
Peerage of England self-linksurface differs
surface form: Duke in the Peerage of England

Earl in the Peerage of England
Marquess in the Peerage of England
Viscount in the Peerage of England
hasRank baron
duke
earl
marquess
viscount
historicalPeriod pre-Union England
language English
partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
surface form: British nobility

nobility in the United Kingdom
regulatedBy letters patent
writs of summons
startTime Middle Ages
usedFor hereditary titles
life peerages
usedIn English feudal system

Referenced by (41)

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Baroness belongsTo Peerage of England
Peerage of Great Britain distinctFrom Peerage of England
Peerage of Scotland distinctFrom Peerage of England
Peerage of Great Britain follows Peerage of England
English Traits hasCommentaryOn Peerage of England
this entity surface form: English aristocracy
Peerage of Ireland hasLowerPrecedenceThan Peerage of England
Peerage of England hasPart Peerage of England self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Duke in the Peerage of England
Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore house Peerage of England
subject surface form: Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
this entity surface form: House of Lords (by peerage)
this entity surface form: Duke in the Peerage of England
Earl of Kendal locatedIn Peerage of England
Stanley family memberOf Peerage of England
subject surface form: Lord of Parliament
Duke of Marlborough partOf Peerage of England
Duke of Norfolk partOf Peerage of England
Earl of Huntingdon partOf Peerage of England
Earl of Kendal partOf Peerage of England
subject surface form: Earl of Kendal (1414 creation)
Earl of Kendal partOf Peerage of England
subject surface form: Earl of Kendal (1443 creation)
Earl of Kendal partOf Peerage of England
subject surface form: Earl of Kendal (1533 creation)
Earl of Kendal partOf Peerage of England
subject surface form: Earl of Kendal (1689 creation)
Earl of Lincoln partOf Peerage of England
Earldom of Huntingdon partOf Peerage of England
Marquess in the Peerage of England partOf Peerage of England
subject surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Baron Churchill of Sandridge peerage Peerage of England
Baron Spencer of Wormleighton peerage Peerage of England
Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond peerage Peerage of England
4th Earl of Manchester peerage Peerage of England
subject surface form: Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester
Duchess of Monmouth peerage Peerage of England
Dukedom of Devonshire peerage Peerage of England
Dukes of Marlborough peerage Peerage of England
Earl of Marlborough peerage Peerage of England
Sir Thomas Clifford peerage Peerage of England
Earl of Wokingham peerageSystem Peerage of England
Peerage of Ireland relatedSystem Peerage of England
Duke of Lancaster titleIn Peerage of England
Duchess of York usedIn Peerage of England