For him, the earldom was a private treasure chest, not an estate that fed thousands of people. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
To the garter nobody can have slenderer pretensions; his family is scarce older than his earldom, which is of the youngest. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2] Reference
His earldom died with him, though he left two sons. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Thus, the earldom of Cornwallis was founded by Thomas. From Wordnik.com. [How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success] Reference
Henry the earldom of Northumberland, as an English fief. From Wordnik.com. [An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707)] Reference
When he died in February 1829 the earldom became extinct. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
He succeeded to the earldom on his father's death in 1851. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
George William, the son of Maria, came to the earldom in 1809. From Wordnik.com. [Some Old Time Beauties After Portraits by the English Masters, with Embellishment and Comment] Reference
I am Earl Inewl, but I have lost the lands that made my earldom. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
Northumberland family; on the forfeiture of that earldom Sir John. From Wordnik.com. [Coronation Anecdotes] Reference
For a short time the earldom was bestowed on Piers Gaveston; Thomas. From Wordnik.com. [Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts] Reference
The earldom of Huntingdon was granted by King Henry VIII. to George. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton] Reference
Lord Chesterfield characterised the exaltation of Pitt to an earldom as. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
Malcolm received a confirmation of the earldom of Huntingdon (cf.p. 18). From Wordnik.com. [An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707)] Reference
Hervey family since 1714, though previously an earldom of Bristol, in the. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
English earldom of St Albans in 1628, his son Ulick receiving further the. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
He bought for life the earldom of Northumberland and the manor of Sadberg. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See] Reference
There was even in the last century a baronet -- the earldom had been lost to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted Chamber A Novel] Reference
In the reign of Edward the Confessor the town was included in the earldom of Sweyn. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Captain Yorke succeeded to that earldom, to which he had long been heir - presumptive. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir] Reference
He soon obtained his release, but was compelled to resign the earldom of Northumberland. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See] Reference
And the men of the earldom came and did homage to Owen, and he became the Earl of the Fountain. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
In 1115 Magnus was treacherously slain at Egilsay by Hacon, who thus obtained the whole earldom. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference
The east coast earldom was known, of course, but somehow, searchers had failed to discover that the. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium] Reference
And his kindred and friends tried to make Owen forget the countess and his earldom, but they could not. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
"The war," declared His Excellency (who had received an earldom) in an official despatch, "is all over.". From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
The old statesman had waited long for an earldom, which the queen had granted and revoked three times over. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
To this end she offered to confirm him in his earldom and to continue him in his office of Constable of the. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
He succeeded his brother (see above) in the earldom in 1823, and spent the latter part of his life in Paris. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Here is our title of nobility, beloved, and who of us would exchange it for an earldom, or a dukedom or a kingdom?. From Wordnik.com. [The Theology of Holiness] Reference
Thereafter Earl Owen defended the fountain with lance and sword against all who ventured to challenge him in his earldom. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
It is the diplomatic career of the founder of a peerage; compiled and published by the third in succession to the earldom. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348] Reference
This charter, however, while apparently creating an earldom, failed, as Mr Round has explained, to make his issue earls of. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
NORTHBROOK, the barony being converted in 1876 into an earldom in favour of his eldest son Thomas George Baring (1826-1904). From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
At the Christmas feast of 1068 William made a grant of the earldom of Northumberland to Robert of Comines, who set out with a. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
Carteret obtained an earldom, lost his place, but became only more popular, personally distinguished, and politically active. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference
Conquest: to Roger de Montgomerie was the manor given by the Conqueror, as part of the earldom of Arundel and Chichester, together with. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
Grant him but the earldom of Kent and the Andred, with a seat at London, during your days, and do thou appoint him king after your days. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
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