APPENDIX H EARLDOMS AND BARONIES IN HISTORY AND IN LAW, AND THE DOCTRINE OF ABEYANCE Page Tenure BY Barony 651 Ancient EarldoiMs 655 The Earl and the Third Penny of the County Pleas 657 Limitations in the Creation of Earldoms 662 The Descent of Earldoms and Female Succession thereto 665 Chart Pedigrees: Chart I. Essex 1 140, and Hereford 1141, and Northampton of the later creation 669 Chart II. Surrey or Warenne before 1 135, and Arundel or Sussex or Chichester, cr. 1 141 670 Chart III. Buckingham, Gloucester, Warwick, and Leicester before 1135, Pembroke cr. 1 138, Hertford cr. 1141 fnset Chart IV. Huntingdon, Northampton (ist creation), Chester, before 1135, (Cam- bridge) and Lincoln, . 1139-40 and 1232 671 Chart V. Ferrers or Derby by Stephen 672 Chart VI. Devon, <:r. before June 1 141 673 Abeyance in Earldoms 679 Barons and Barony from the Time of Stephen 682 Barony by Writ and Peerage Law 691 The Facts concerning Baronies by Writ 694 Proof of Sitting 708 Abeyance 708 The Extension of the Doctrine of Abeyance in Modern Times 716 A Protest and a Suggestion 723 Table of Baronies called out of Abeyance 725
