The Senior Peers of England

The creation date shown is when this branch of the family came into the senior title. For example, 1550 is the year John Russell became Earl of Bedford.

Notice that Northampton has to die (without heirs) in 1572 before Viscount Hereford can become the Earl of Essex.

Viscounts do not have secondary titles. Modernly, an earl's second title is a viscounty. In period it is almost always a barony.

Codes: VC = Viscount E. = Earl B. = Baron

Title	Created	Surname	Secondary Title
Dukes
Norfolk	1483	Howard	E. Surrey
Marquises
Northampton	1547	Parr	E. Essex
Winchester	1551	Paulet	E. Wiltshire, B. St. John
Earls
Arundel	1137	FitzAlan	Maltravers
Oxford	1142	deVere	Vere
Northumberland	1377	Percy	Percy
Westmoreland	1397	Neville	Neville of Raby
Shrewsbury	1442	Talbot	Furnival
Kent	1465	Grey de Ruthen	Grey
Derby	1485	Stanley	Strange
Worcester	1514	Somerset	Somerset
Rutland	1525	Manners	Roos
Cumberland	1525	Clifford	Clifford
Sussex	1529	Radcliffe	VC Fitzwalter, B Fitzwalter
Huntington	1529	Hastings	Hastings
Bath	1536	Bourchier	Fitzwarrin
Warwick	1547	Dudley	Lisle
Southampton	1547	Wriothesley	Wriothesley of Titchfield
Bedford	1550	Russell	Russell of Cheynies
Pembroke	1558	Herbert	Herbert
Hertford	1558	Seymour	Beauchamp
Leicester	1564	Dudley	Denbigh
Essex	1572	Devereaux	VC Hereford, B Ferrers
Lincoln	1572	Fiennes	Clinton
Nottingham	1597	Howard	Howard of Effingham
Viscounts
Hereford	1550	Devereux
Montague	1554	Browne
Bindon	1559	Howard

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