Baronies in abeyance

[S. S.]

I was recently reading through William H. S. Leeson's Master Index of Peerages (the 2nd edition posted on 23 Oct 2021 in this group), when I decided to list all the baronies in fee now considered abeyant. 

I compiled the following list based on his work with some minor updates. A question mark indicates if the barony in question became extinct/dormant/abeyant rather than purely being considered abeyant. Please note that quite a few of these are still under debate as to their true state.

 

Audley of Heleigh (8 Jan 1312/13).

Basset de Weldon (6 Feb 1298). 9 Jan 1399.

Beauchamp de Somerset (29 Dec 1299). 7 Oct 1361.

Beke (23 June 1295). 1310.

Bergavenny (1 May 1695). 1811.

Bertram (14 Dec 1264). 1311.

Boteler (19 March 1307/08). June 1411.

Botetourt (19 June 1305). 5 Feb 1984.

Botreaux (24 Feb 1368). 24 Feb 1960.

Bourchier (25 Feb 1341/42). 14 Sept 1646.

Bradeston (25 Feb 1341/42). 1374.

Braose (23 Dec 1299). ca Apr 1326.

Brun (8 Jan 1312/13). 30 Nov 1461.

Bryan (25 Nov 1350). 17 Aug 1390.

Bulmer (25 Feb 1341/42). 9 Oct1 558.

Burgh (1 Sept 1487). 26 Feb 1601/02.

Burgh (2 Dec 1529). 26 Feb 1601/02.

Burghersh (25 Jan 1329/30). 3 June 1449.

Camville (23 June 1295). 1388.

Cherleton (26 July 1313). 14 March 1420/21.

Clifford (17 Feb 1627/28). 18 Jan 1858.

Clifton (1 Dec 1376). ca before 1 Dec 1447.

Cobham (of Kent) (8 Jan 1312/13). 21 Feb 1951.

Cobham of Rundale (3 Dec 1326). Before 1429.

Cobham of Sterborough (15 Feb 1341/42). 26 Feb 1601/02.

Compton (8 May 1572). 31 Dec 1855.

Conyers (17 Oct 1509). 2 March 2013.

Cromwell (28 Dec 1375). 30 Aug 1497.

D’Amorie (3 Dec 1326). 29 March 1375 (?).

Dacre (15 Nov 1482). 17 May 1569.

Darcy of Nocton (29 Dec 1299). Before 16 Sept 1350.

Daubeny (2 Nov 1295). 31 March 1636.

de la Warr (6 Feb 1298/99). 25 Sept 1554.

Deincourt (6 Feb 1298/99). 6 Jan 1325/26.

Devereux (28 Sept 1384). 29 Feb 1756.

Dudley (25 Feb 1341/42). 21 Oct 1757.

Engaine (25 Feb 1341/42). 29 June 1367.

Erdington (25 Jan 1335/36). ca 1450 (?).

Everingham (4 March 1308/09). 8 Feb 1387/88.

Fauconberg (23 June 1295). 14 Dec 1490.

Fauconberg (23 June 1295). 2 March 2013.

Felton (25 Feb 1341/42). 31 Jan 1402/03.

Ferrers of Chartley (6 Feb 1298/99). 31 Dec 1855.

Fitzalan (23 June 1295). 1 June 1306.

Fitzhenry (4 March 1308/09). ca 1345 (?).

Fitzhugh (15 May 1321). 28 Jan 1512/13.

Fitzpayne (6 Feb 1298/99). 30 Nov 1354.

Fitzroger (2 Nov 1295). Before 23 Jan 1331/32 (?).

Fitzwalter (23 June 1295). 29 Feb 1756.

Fitzwarine (25 Feb 1341/42). 6 Sept 1414.

Fitzwilliam (24 June 1295). 17 May 1569.

Foliot (23 June 1295). 29 May 1325.

Furnivall (23 June 1295). 20 Sept 1777.

Furnivall (24 June 1295). 24 Dec 1968.

Furnivall (25 Aug 1318). 20 Sept 1777.

Gorges (4 March 1308/09). ca 7 Dec 1333.

Grandison (6 Feb 1298/99). 1 Nov 1375.

Grey de Codnor (6 Feb 1298/99). 8 Apr 1496.

Grey de Ruthin (30 Dec 1324). 25 Oct 1963.

Greystock (15 May 1321). 17 May 1569.

Hardershull (25 Feb 1341/42). ca 1370 (?).

Hastang (19 Dec 1311). 2 Feb 1358/59.

Hastings of Hastings (26 July 1461). 24 Feb 1960.

Holland (15 July 1353). 18 Sept 1408.

Hussey (23 June 1295). 5 Dec 1470.

Hylton (23 June 1295). 25 Sept 1746.

Ingham (15 June 1328). 1 Oct 1466.

Kerdeston (27 Jan 1331/32). 14 Oct 1361.

Kyme (23 June 1295). Before 10 Oct 1577.

L’Orti (6 Feb 1298/99). ca 1370 (?).

Latymer of Snape (25 Feb 1431/32). 22 Apr 1577.

Lisle of Kingston Lisle (15 Dec 1357). 28 Dec 1422.

Lisle of Rougemont (19 Dec 1311). Before June 1428.

Lucy (15 May 1320). 24 Dec 1398.

Marmion (26 July 1313). ca 1360.

Marshal (8 Dec 1309). 12 Aug 1316.

Martin (23 June 1295). 4 Apr 1326.

Mauley (23 June 1295). 6 Sept 1415.

Meinill (23 June 1295). 26 Apr 1322.

Moels (6 Feb 1298/99). Before 21 Aug 1337.

Mohun (6 Feb 1298/99). 16 Apr 1594.

Montacute (25 Feb 1341/42). 14 July 1361.

Monteagle (23 Nov 1514). 15 July 1697.

Montfort (23 June 1295). Before 24 Jan 1369/70.

Monthermer (4 March 1308/09). 15 Apr 1471.

Morley (29 Dec 1299). 15 July 1697.

Mortimer of Attleburgh (25 Feb 1341/42). Before 1378.

Mortimer of Richards Castle (6 Feb 1298/99). 20 July 1304.

Multon de Egermont (6 Feb 1298/99). 23 Nov 1334.

North (17 Feb 1554). 19 Dec 1941.

Ogle (26 July 1461). 26 July 1691.

Peche of Brunne (29 Dec 1299). 29 Aug 1360.

Peche of Wormleighton (15 May 1321). 1 May 1386.

Playz (20 Nov 1317). 15 July 1526.

Poyntz (24 June 1295). 1376.

Rivers (6 Feb 1298/99). 1 May 1467.

Roche (29 Dec 1299). 9 Sept 1382.

St John de Basing (29 Dec 1299). 13 March 1428/29.

Sandys de Vine (27 Apr 1523). ca 1683.

Say (26 July 1313). 8 July 1399.

Scales (6 Feb 1298/99). 2 Sept 1473.

Scrope of Bolton (8 Jan 1370/71). 30 May 1630 (?).

Scrope of Masham (25 Nov 1350). 1517.

Stafford of Clinton (8 Jan 1370/71). 1445.

Stanley (15 Jan 1455/56). 16 Apr 1594.

Stanley (15 Jan 1455/56). 24 Feb 1960.

Strange of Blackmere (13 Jan 1308/09). 8 May 1616.

Sudeley (29 Dec 1299). 2 May 1473.

Sutton (30 Dec 1324). Before July 1401.

Swillington (3 Dec 1326). ca 1430 (?).

Swynerton (23 Apr 1337). Before 7 Apr 1387.

Talbot (5 June 1331). 8 May 1616.

Tateshul (24 June 1295). Before 30 Jan 1305/06 (?).

Thorpe (4 March 1308/09). After 9 June 1418.

Thweng (22 Feb 1306/07). 28 May 1372.

Tibetot (10 March 1307/08). 13 Apr 1372.

Tiptoft (7 Jan 1425/26). 12 Aug 1485.

Touchet (30 Oct 1403). 18 Apr 1872.

Tregoz (6 Feb 1298/99). 6 Sept 1300.

Ufford (13 Jan 1308/09). 13 Feb 1381/82.

Ufford (25 Feb 1341/42). 13 Feb 1381/82.

Vavasour (6 Feb 1298/99). 20 Jan 1826.

Verdon (24 June 1295). 27 July 1313.

Verdon (27 Jan 1331/32). 26 June 1497.

Welles (6 Feb 1298/99). 9 Feb 1498/99 (?).

West (21 June 1402). 25 Sept 1554.

Wharton (30 Jan 1544/45). 31 May 1731.

Windsor (22 Aug 1381). 15 Sept 1384.

Woodstock (5 Aug 1320). 18 Sept 1408.

Zouche of Ashby (6 Feb 1298/99). ca 25 March 1314.

Zouche of Mortimer (26 Dec 1323). 1 Jan 1405/06.

S.S.

[S. S.]

The date in parentheses indicates date of creation, while the other date is the date at which the peerage became abeyant.

[dpth...@gmail.com]

This list might not include baronies which are in abeyance, but subject to attainder, such as Grey of Wilton?

[S. S.]

Not a bad idea actually, I will try to scrounge them up.

S.S.

[S. S.]

I found the following baronies in fee to have been under attainder/forfeiture:

Astley (23 June 1295). 23 Feb 1553/54.

Balliol of Cavers (26 Sept 1300). bef June 1311.

Bardolf (6 Feb 1298/99). 19 June 1406.

Blount (3 Dec 1326). 12 Jan 1399/1400.

Courtenay (6 Feb 1298/99). 14 Apr 1471.

D’Amorie (24 Nov 1317). 14 March 1321/22.

Deincourt (27 Jan 1331/32). 7 Nov 1485.

de la Pole (20 Jan 1365/66). Jan 1503/04.

Ferrers of Groby (26 Sept 1300). 23 Feb 1553/54.

Giffard (24 June 1295). 16 March 1321/22.

Grey de Wilton (23 June 1295). bef 10 Dec 1603.

Harcla (15 March 1320/21). 3 March 1322/23.

Harington (30 Dec 1324). 23 Feb 1553/54.

Hilton (27 Jan 1331/32). 31 May 1716.

Holand (29 July 1314). 7 Nov 1485.

Howard (15 Oct 1470). 22 Aug 1485.

Hungerford of Heytesbury (8 June 1526). 28 July 1540.

Hussey of Sleaford (1 Dec 1529). 29 June 1537.

Latimer of Braybrooke (29 Dec 1299). Aft July 1603.

le Despencer (23 June 1295). 27 Oct 1326.

le Despencer (29 July 1314). 24 Nov 1326.

Lovel (6 Feb 1298/99). 7 Nov 1485.

Lumley (28 Sept 1384). 1544.

Lumley (26 July 1461). 1544.

Montacute (29 Dec 1299). 12 May 1539.

Montacute (3 Nov 1529). 9 Jan 1539.

Montagu (23 May 1461). 14 Apr 1471.

Musgrave (25 Nov 1350). ca March 1381/82.

Neville de Raby (24 June 1295). 15 May 1571.

Nevill de Raby (20 Nov 1459). 15 May 1571.

Oldcastell (26 Oct 1409). 25 Dec 1417.

Poynings (23 Apr 1377). 22 Aug 1572.

Rochford (5 Jan 1532/33). 17 May 1536.

Ros de Werke (24 June 1295). ca 1297.

Stafford (6 Feb 1298/99). 17 May 1521.

Stafford de Suthwyke (25 July 1461). 17 Aug 1469.

Tyes (6 Feb 1298/99). 3 Apr 1322.

 

S.S.

[marquess]

In some ways it's lamentable that the 100 year rule means all these titles are extinct baronies.

[S. S.]

I made an error, for the Barony of Cromwell listed under abeyant baronies, it should read "Cromwell (25 July 1461). 14 Apr 1471." I forgot that the Barony of Cromwell of the 1375 creation was called out of abeyance later in the 1920s. 

S.S.

[malcolm davies]

Marquess I know what you mean,but strictly speaking a title which goes into abeyance, does not become extinct until all co heirs die.

The 100 year rule to which you refer will change in status once the House of Lords(Hereditary Peers) bill passes.I will try and post on this topic and the effect on abeyances shortly.

[marquess]

I hope you're right Malcolm as it would be nice to see some of these baronies called out of abeyance. I was of the belief that that the 100 year ruling was made by the sovereign and therefore any change would rest with the Crown; I would be happy to be wrong.