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uncle Lord William Howard and the heirs male of his body, with remainder to the heirs of his body; remainder to the aforesaid Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and his heirs for ever; in consequence of which, the Barony of Maltravers, with those above-mentioned, is now vested in his Grace, Bernard Edward present Duke of Norfolk, the heir male of the said Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey. Vide ARUNDEL and NORFOLK.

BARON BY TENURE.

MAMINOT.

I. Steph. 1. Walcheline Maminot; living 1145.

II. H. II. 2. Walcheline Maminot, s. and h. ob. ante 1192,

I.

EARLS.

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MANCHESTER.

1626. 1. Henry Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Kimbolton, and 1st Viscount Mandeville; Cre

ated Earl of Manchester 5 Feb. 1626; Lord Treasurer; ob. 1642.

1642. 2. Edward Montagu, s. and h. K.B. and K.G. ob. 1671.

III. 1671. 3. Robert Montagu, s. and h. ob. 1682.

DUKES.

IV. 1682.-I. 1719. 4.Charles Montagu s. and h. Created Duke of Manchester 13 April, 1719;

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ob. 1722.

-II. 1722. 5.William Montagu, s. and h. ob.

1739, s. P.

...-III.1739. 6. Robert Montagu, brother and heir; ob. 1762.

VII......—IV.1762. 7.George Montagu, s. and h. ob. 1788. VIII......-V. 1788. 8.William Montagu, s. and h. Present Duke and Earl of Manchester, Viscount Mandeville and Baron Montagu of Kimbolton.

BARONS BY TENURE.

MANDEVILLE.

I. Will.I. 1. Geoffrey de Mandevill; obtained divers Lordships from William the Conqueror.

II.

H.I. 2. William de Mandeville, s. and h.

III. Steph. 3. Geoffrey de Mandeville, s. and h. Created Earl of Essex by King Stephen. Vide ESSEX.

BARONS BY TENURE.

MANDEVILLE

OF MERSHWOOD.

I. John. 1. William de Mandeville, of the same family as

the above.

II. Hen.III.2. Robert de Mandeville, s. and h.; living 1265, but of whom Dugdale gives no farther account.

1. H. III. 1. Geoffrey de Mandeville; presumed to have been brother of Robert, the last Baron; ob.

1265.

II. Edw.I. 2. John de Mandeville, s. and h. ob..... S.P.M. Agnes, his daughter, being his heir.

VISCOUNTS.

I. 1620.

MANDEVILLE.

1. Henry Montagu, brother of Edward 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton; Created Baron Montagu of Kimbolton, co. Huntingdon, and Visc. Mandeville, Dec. 19, 1620; Created Earl of Manchester Feb. 5, 1626. Vide MANCHESTER.

BARON BY WRIT. I. 1309.

MANERS.

Baldwin de Maners; Summ. to Parl. 26 Oct. 3 Edw. II. 1309, but never afterwards; and on his death the dignity became

Extinct.

Dugdale gives no account of this Baron in his Baronage.

BARON.

1. 1807.

MANNERS

OF FOSTON.

1. Thomas Manners Sutton, 6th son of George Manners (assumed the name of) Sutton, 3d son of John 3d Duke of Rutland; Created Baron Manners of Foston, co. Lincoln, April 20. 1807; Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Present Baron Manners of Foston. F

BARON BY WRIT. 1.

1679.

MANNERS

OF HADDON.

John Manners, s. and h. apparent of John IX.8th Earl of Rutland; Summ. to Parl. vita patris, as "Johanni Manners de Haddon," 29 April and 7 Oct. 31 Car. I. 1679, and 1

I.

March, 32 Car. II. 1680, though he succeeded his father as X.-9th Earl of Rutland on the 29th September, 1679; Created Marquess of Granby and Duke of Rutland, 29 March, 1703; in which dignity this Barony is merged; ob. 1711. Vide RUTLAND.

BARON BY WRIT.

1347.

VISCOUNTS. I. 1620.

BARON.

MANNY.

Walter de Manny; Summ. to Parl. from 13
Nov. 21 Edw. III. 1347, to 8 Jan. 44 Edw.
Edw. III. 1371. K. G.; ob. 1372, s. P. M.
Anne, his only child, married John Hastings,
XII.-2d Earl of Pembroke; and on the death
of their only issue, John XIII.-3d Earl of
Pembroke, in 1399, s.P. this Barony became
Extinct.

MANSFIELD.

William Cavendish, s. and h. of Charles Ca-
vendish (younger brother of William I.-1st
Earl of Devonshire), by catherine, dau. and
eventually sole heir of Cuthbert, 2d Baron
Ogle;
Created Baron Ogle, of Bothal, co.
and Viscount Mansfield, co. Notting-
ham, 3d Nov. 1620; Created Earl of New-
castle 7 March, 1651. Vide NEWCASTLE.
Extinct 1691.

EARLS.

I. 1792.

I. 1756.—I. 1776. 1. William Murray, 4th son of David, 5th Viscount Stormont in Scotland; Created Lord Mansfield, Baron Mansfield, co. Notts, 8 Nov. 1756, to him and his heirs male; Created Earl of Mansfield, co. Notts, 31 Oct. 1776, with remainder of the dignity of Countess Mansfield to Louisa Viscountess Stormont, wife of his nephew David Viscount Stormont, and after her decease the Earldom to the heirs male of her body by her husband, David Viscount Stormont; Created Earl of Mansfield, co. Middlesex, with remainder, failing his issue male, to his nephew the said David

I.

COUNTESS.

Viscount Stormont, Aug. 1, 1792 *; Lord Chief Justice; ob. 1793, s. p. when the Barony became Ertinct; but the dignity of Countess of Mansfield, with the precedence of 31 Oct. 1776, devolved on

1793. 2. Louisa, dau. of Charles 9th Lord Cathcart in Scotland, and wife of David, 7th Viscount Stormont, nephew of the last Earl (her Ladyship afterwards married the Hon. Fulke Greville); Present Countess of Mansfield, co. Nottingham, and the dignity of Earl of Mansfield in Middlesex, with the precedence of Aug. 1, 1792, devolved on her first husband, 1793. 3. David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont in Scotland, K. T.; ob. 1796.

EARLS.

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III. 1796. 4. William Murray, s. and h. Present Earl of Mansfield in Middlesex, and heir apparent

BARONS.

I.

II.

to the Earldom of Mansfield, co. Notts; also Viscount Stormont in Scotland.

MANSELL.

1711. 1. Sir Thomas Mansell, 4th Bart. Created Baron Mansell of Margam, co. Glamorgan, 31 Dec. 1711; ob. 1723.

1723. 2. Thomas Mansell, grandson and heir, being
s. and h. of Robert Mansell (ob. v. p.) eldest
son of the last Baron; ob. 1743, s. p.

III. 1743. 3. Christopher Mansell, uncle and heir, being 2d
son of Thomas, 1st Baron; ob. 1744, S. P.
IV. 1744. 4. Bussy Mansell, brother and heir; ob. 1750,
S. P. M. when the title became

EARLS.

Extinct.
MANVERS.

I. 1806. 1. Charles Meadows (assumed the name of) Pierrepont, VII.-1st Baron Pierrepont and

* The probable cause of these limitations was the doctrine which was held at the time of his first creation of Earl of Mansfield, that a Scot's Peer was disqualified from taking an English Peerage even in remainder. After the contrary was established to be the law, his Lordship had, by the new creation, the Earldom entailed on his nephew.

EARLS.

Viscount Newark, son of Philip Meadows, by
Frances, sister and heir of Evelyn Pierre-
pont, last Duke of Kingston; Created Earl
Manvers April 9, 1806; ob. 1816.

II. 1816. 2. Charles Herbert Pierrepont, s. and h. Present
Earl Manvers, Viscount Newark, and Baron
Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont.

EARLS.

I.

II.

V.

MARCH.

1328. 1. Roger Mortimer; Created Earl of March in
1328; executed and attainted in 1330, when
the dignity became
Forfeited.

1352. 2. Roger Mortimer, grandson of the last Earl,
viz. s. and h. of Edmund Mortimer, his eldest
son, who survived him, but was not restored
to the Earldom; obtained the reversal of his
grandfather's Attainder in 1352; K. G.; ob.
1360.

III. 1360. 3. Edmund Mortimer, s. and h. He married Philippa, dau. and heir of Lionel Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, 3d son of Edward III. through which alliance this family afterwards became heirs to the throne; ob. 1381. IV. 1381. 4. Roger Mortimer, s. and h. ob. 1398. 1398. 5. Edmund Mortimer, s. and h. ob. 1424, S. P. when the Earldom became Extinct. Ann, his sister and ultimately sole heir, married Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cambridge, brother of the Duke of York, and conveyed the right to the Crown to the House of York. Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, s. and h. of the said Earl of Cambridge and Ann Mortimer, is by some writers styled Earl of March; and which title was also borne, vita patris, by his son and heir, Edward, afterwards King Edward IV. though no patent of creation to the dignity ever appears to have passed the Great Seal.

VI. 1479. 1. Edward Plantagenet, Prince of Wales, s. and h. apparent of Edward IV. Created Earl of Salisbury 15 Feb. 1477, and Earl of March

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