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 590 APPENDIX A 1469 Northumberland, Earldom, cr. 27 May 1464. The letters patent were brought into Chancery and cancelled (1468-69) 8 Edward IV, the resigner thereof, John Neville, being, 25 Mar. 1470, cr. Mar- quess of Montagu. 1478 Pembroke, Earldom. Recital in the creation of William Herbert, to be Earl of Huntingdon, that the said Earl had restored the charter (1468) creating the Earldom of Pembroke (which he had inherited) to be cancelled. 1493 Suffolk, Dukedom and Marquessate. Both were surrendered to the Crown in 1493 by Michael de la Pole, who accordingly was sum. to Pari, in 1495, as Earl of Suffolk only. 1500 Winchester, Earldom. Letters patent creating the same (13 Oct. 1472) delivered to Henry VII at Calais (15 Henry VII), to be cancelled and were cancelled accordingly. 1 5 14 Surrey, Earldom, surrendered Vo the Crown by Thomas (Howard), Duke of Norfolk, i Feb. 15 13/4, '■'■ pro termino vit^ filii.'" 1523 De Lisle, Viscountcy. Letters patent creating the same (15 May 1 5 13) surrendered to the King to be cancelled, and were cancelled accordingly. 1640 Stafford, Barony. Surrender to the Crown for ;/![ 8 00 by "Roger Stafford, Esq.," whereby he acknowledges "the Honor, Estates, Grade, Dignity, Title and Name of Baron of Stafford" to be the right of the King as had "of the surrender of the afsd. Roger." The King regranted the Barony shortly afterwards with the ancient precedency, and "no question relating to the validity or effect of the Fine was ever raised." On I Feb. 1 640/1, the House (on a question that came up inci- dentally in the claim of Charles Longvile to the Baronies of Grey of Ruthyn, tfc), resolved (such resolutions being merely obiter dicta): — I. "That no person that hath any Honour in him, and a Peer of this Realm, may alien or transfer the honour to any other Person. II. That no Peer of this Realm can drown or extinguish his Honour, but that it descend to his descendants, neither by Surrender, Grant, Fine, nor any other conveyance to the King." 1660 Buckingham, Earldom, &fc.]Fine levied Michaelmas term 1660, PuRBECK, Viscountcy, &c. [whereby for ;^3,400 " Robert Villiers, otherwise Danvers, surrendered these dignities to the Crown. This Robert was the s. of Frances, Viscountess Purbeck, ^. in the lifetime of her husband the Viscount, but alleged not to be his son. He d. in 1675; and, soon afterwards, in the claim of his s. and h. to the Viscountcy of Purbeck, the House, on 18 June 1678, resolved "That no fine now levied, or at any time hereafter to be levied to the King, can bar such title of Honour, or the right of any Person claiming such title under him that levied or shall levy such fine." In the case of Roger Stafford and Robert Villiers " the dignities surrendered were Titular honours and the surren-