The Historic Peerage of England; Exhibiting, Under Alphabetical Arrangement, the Origin, Descent, and Present State of Every Title of Peerage Which Has Existed in This Country Since the Conquest; Being a New Edition of the Synopsis of the Peerage of
The Historic Peerage of England; Exhibiting, Under Alphabetical Arrangement, the Origin, Descent, and Present State of Every Title of Peerage Which Has Existed in This Country Since the Conquest; Being a New Edition of the Synopsis of the Peerage of...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...it was considered as part of that Honour. By the adherence of John Duke of Brittany in 1383 to the Crown of France, it was again forfeited; restored in 1391, but shortly after again forfeited and finally separated from the Dukedom of Brittany. Joan, wife of Ralph Basset of Drayton in 1397, and Ralph Nevill, Earl of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...it was considered as part of that Honour. By the adherence of John Duke of Brittany in 1383 to the Crown of France, it was again forfeited; restored in 1391, but shortly after again forfeited and finally separated from the Dukedom of Brittany. Joan, wife of Ralph Basset of Drayton in 1397, and Ralph Nevill, Earl of Westmoreland in 1399, had life grants of the Barony of Hastings, and in 1412 the reversion, after the Earl's death, was given to Sir John Pelham, from whose son the Barony passed to the family of Hoo, and was confirmed to Sir Thomas Hoo by letters patent, 19 July 1445, by the name of the Castle, Barony, and Honour of Hastings. He died possessed of it 13 Feb. 1454-5, and by his will, dated the preceding day, directed it to be sold. In 1461 it was confirmed by Edw. IV. to his favourite Sir William Hastings, created I.oi"d Hastings, in whose family it remained until the Earl of Huntingdon, in 1591, sold it to Thomas Pelham, Esq.--Vide observations upon this Barony in the Introductory Remarks upon Earldoms. HOOD (of Whitley). Viscounts.. I. 1796. 1. Samuel Hood, 1st Baron Hood in Ireland, husband of Susannah, the above-Baroness, created Viscount Hood of Whitley, co. Warwick, 1 June 1796, G.C.B.; ob. 27 Jan. 1816. Barons. II. 1816.--II. 1806. 2. Henry Hood, S. and h., succeeded his mother as Baron Hood of Catherington 25 May 1806; ob. 25 Jan. 1836. III. 1836.--III. 1836. 3. Samuel Hood-tirrits, who by licence 6 Feb. 1841 assumed the latter surname, grands. and h., s. and h. of Francis Wheler Hood, eldest s. of the last Viscount; ob. 8 May 1846. IV. 1846.--IV. 1846. 4. Francis Wheler Hood, S. and h., present Viscount Hood of Whitley, and liaron Hood of Catherington, co. Hants, also Baron Hood in Ireland, a minor. HOPETOUN. Barons. I. 1809. 1. Jame...
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Very Good. Revised and corrected edition. Octavo. 610, 32 (ads) pp. Revised, expanded, and corrected by William Courthope. Bound in blindstamped red cloth with vivid blue endpapers and spine gilt by Edmonds & Remnants, London, with their ticket on the rear pastedown. Binding worn and soiled, both hinges neatly strengthened, endpapers rubbed and the blue dye a bit fugitive, a few spots of foxing, still a very good copy with the interior otherwise clean.
