APPENDIX D 579 hardly be considered as existing as an independent English Earldom — at all events, any right to the same was held (together with the Earldom of" Huntingdon) by the Royal family of Scotland during the first nine decades of the 1 2th century; and that (2) the Earldom of Richmond was not, as yet, allowed to the Counts of Brittany, though they were the holders of the (vast) honour of Richmond. The Earldoms in actual existence in 1 135 were apparently eight, being, with the names of the families ot their respective holders, as under: 1. BucK-iNGHAM (Giffard). 2. Chester. 3. Gloucester (Fitzroy). 4. Huntingdon (the Royal House of Scotland). 5. Leicester (de Beaumont). 6. Northampton (St. Liz). 7. Surrey (Warenne). 8. Warwick, (de Newburgh).
