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 652 APPENDIX F Henry VIII. No coronation peerages. Edward VI acceded 28 Jan. 1546/7 and was crowned 25 Feb. 1546/7. Between these dates he cr. 8 peerages, viz. i Dukedom, i.e. Somerset {Seymour), i Marquessate, i.e. Northampton (Parr), 2 Earldoms, i.e. Warwick (Dudley) and Southampton (Wriothedey), all four grantees being previously English peers; also 4 Baronies, i.e. Seymour of Sudeley, Rich, Sheffield, and Willoughby of Parham. Mary acceded 24 July 1553 and was crowned 30 Nov. 1553. Between these dates she only cr. one peerage, viz. 3 Sep. 1553, when Edward Courtenay (son of the attainted Marquess of Exeter and Earl of Devon) was created Earl of Devon with rem. " to his heirs male for ever." Elizabeth acceded 17 Nov. 1558 and was crowned 15 Jan. 1558/9. Two days before her coronation, on 13 Jan. 1558/9, she cr. 5 peerages, viz. I Marquessate, i.e. Northampton (Parr), which the grantee had forfeited in 1553, i Earldom, i.e. Hertford (Seymour), which the grantee's father had forfeited (together with the Dukedom of Somerset) in 1552, i Viscountcy, i.e. Howard of Bindon, and 2 Baronies, i.e. Hunsdon (Carey) and St. John. All 5 grantees were commoners at the date of their creation. James I acceded 24 Mar. 1602/3 ^"d was crowned 25 July 1603. On 13 May 1603 he cr. 4 Baronies, i.e. Cecil of Essenden, Knollys of Greys, Sydney of Penshurst, and Wotton of Marley ; and four days before his coronation, on 21 July 1603, he cr. 11 peerages, viz. 3 Earldoms, i.e. Southampton (JVriothesley), which the grantee had forfeited in 1601, Suffolk (Howard), and Devonshire or Devon (Blount), both of which last grantees previously held English Baronies, and 8 Baronies, i.e. Harington, Ellesmere (Egerton), Petre, Danvers, Gerard of Bromley, Russell of Thornhaugh, Grey of Groby, and Spencer. He cr. no Scottish or Irish peerages. Charles 1 acceded 27 Mar. 1625 and was crowned 2 Feb. 1625/6. Within 3 days after his coronation, he cr. 8 Earldoms, all the grantees having previously held English Baronies, viz. on 5 Feb. 1625/6, Manchester (Montagu), Cleveland (Wentworth), Mulgrave (Shef- field), Danby (Danvers), Totness (Carew), and Marlborough (Ley), Berkshire (Howard) and Monmouth (Carey). He cr. no Scottish or Irish peerages. Charles II acceded 30 Jan. 1648/9 (becoming de facto King 29 May 1660) and was crowned 23 Apr. 1661. He made several creations between May and Nov. 1660, but 3 days before his coronation, on 20 Apr. 1 66 1, he cr. 12 peerages, viz. 6 Earldoms (all the grantees having previously held English Baronies), i.e. Clarendon (Hyde), Essex (Capell), Cardigan (Brudenell), Anglesey (Annesley), Bath (Granville), and Carlisle (Howard), and 6 Baronies, viz. Cornwallis, Crewe, Holies, Delamere (Booth), Townshend, and Ashley (Cooper). He cr. no Scottish or Irish peerages.