EARLS OF See also:

• DERBY
• EARLS OF DERBY

DERBY  . The 1st See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• DERBY
• DERBY, EARLS OF

Derby was probably See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert de See also:

• FERRERS
• FERRERS, LAURENCE SHIRLEY, 4TH EARL (1720-1760)

Ferrers (d . 1139), who is said by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John of See also:

• HEXHAM

Hexham to have been made an earl by See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen after the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

Standard in 1138 . Robert and his descendants retained the earldom until 1266, when Robert (c . 1240-c . 1279), probably the 6th earl, having taken a prominent See also:

• PART

part in the baronial rising against See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry III., was deprived of his lands and practically of his See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title . These earlier earls of Derby were also known as Earls Ferrers, or de Ferrers, from their surname; as earls of See also:

• TUTBURY

Tutbury from their See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence; and as earls of See also:

• NOTTINGHAM
• NOTTINGHAM, CHARLES HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF1 (1536-1624)
• NOTTINGHAM, EARLS OF

Nottingham because this See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county was a lordship under their See also:

• RULE

rule . The large estates which were taken from Earl Robert in 1266 were given by Henry III. in the same See also:

• YEAR

year to his son, See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund, earl of See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster; and . Edmund's son, See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas, earl of Lancaster, called himself Earl Ferrers . In 1337 Edmund's See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson, Henry (c . 1299-1361), afterwards See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Lancaster, was created earl of Derby, and this title was taken by See also:

• EDWARD

Edward III.'s son, John of Gaunt, who had married Henry's daughter, See also:

• BLANCHE, JACQUES EMILE (1861– )

Blanche . John of Gaunt's son and successor was Henry, earl of Derby, who became king as Henry IV. in 1399 .

In See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1485 Thomas, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• STANLEY, SIR WILLIAM (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

Stanley, was created earl of Derby, and the title has since been retained by the Stanleys, who, however, have little or no connexion with the county of Derby . Thomas also inherited the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign lordship of the Isle of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man, which had been granted by the See also:

• CROWN

crown in 1406 to his See also:

• GREAT

great-grandfather, See also:

• SIR

Sir John Stanley; and this See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty remained in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the earls of Derby till 1736, when it passed to the duke of See also:

• ATHOLL, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• ATHOLL, or ATHOLE

Atholl . The earl of Derby is one of the three " catskin earls," the others being the earls of See also:

• SHREWSBURY
• SHREWSBURY, CHARLES TALBOT, DUKE OF (166o-1718)
• SHREWSBURY, DUKE
• SHREWSBURY, EARLS OF
• SHREWSBURY, ELIZABETH TALBOT, COUNTESS OF (1518–16o8)
• SHREWSBURY, JOHN TALBOT, 1ST EARL OF (d. 1453)

Shrewsbury and See also:

• HUNTINGDON
• HUNTINGDON, EARLS OF
• HUNTINGDON, SELINA HASTINGS, COUNTESS OF (1707—1791)

Huntingdon . The See also:

• TERM

term " catskin " is possibly a corruption of quatre-skin, derived from the fact that in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient times the See also:

• ROBES (Fr. robe, Late Lat. roba, raupa, meaning (1)

robes of an earl (as depicted in some See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early representations) were decorated with four rows of See also:

• ERMINE

ermine, as in the robes of a See also:

• MODERN

modern duke, instead of the three rows to which they were restricted in later centuries . The three " catskin " earldoms are the only earldoms now in existence which date from creations See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior to the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . (A . W .