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Earl

english peerage william the conqueror first made it hereditary an earl has an hereditary seat in the house of lords in

a marquis and above a viscount the rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count comte in france and

the heralds office or college of arms this office of earl marshal is of great antiquity and has been since 1672

earles penny money given in part payment see earnest

marshal earl see chivalry court of

dignity of an earl the dignity or jurisdiction of an earl black s law dictionary 7th edn p 525

of murder in a duel in 1841 and that of earl russell who was convicted of bigamy on 17th july 1901

crown s tenants of full age if any of our earls or barons or any other which holdeth of us in

peers of their own degree dukes marquesses dukes eldest sons earls marquesses eldest sons dukes younger sons viscounts earls eldest sons

the jurisdiction of an earl the territorial possessions of an earl

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