Baron Deincourt was a title which was created twice in the
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in t ...
. The first creation is in abeyance and the second creation was forfeited.
History
The first creation was by writ on 6 February 1299 in the reign of
Edward I
Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony as a vassal o ...
when Edmund Deincourt was summoned to the
House of Lords
The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the Bicameralism, upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by Life peer, appointment, Hereditary peer, heredity or Lords Spiritual, official function. Like the ...
. It went into abeyance on his death in 1327.
The second creation was on 27 January 1332 in the reign of
Edward III
Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring r ...
when William Deincourt, nephew of the above, was also summoned to Parliament. The title then passed down in the family to William Deincourt, the fifth Baron and went into abeyance on his death in 1422. The fifth baron had two sisters, but when his sister Margaret died without issue the abeyance was terminated in favor of his sister Alice, before passing to her grandson
Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell
Francis Lovell, 9th Baron Lovell, 6th Baron Holand, later 1st Viscount Lovell, KG (1456 – probably 1487) was an English nobleman who was an ally of King Richard III during the War of the Roses. Sir William Catesby, Sir Richard Ratcliffe and h ...
. The barony was forfeited with Lovell's attainder in 1487.
[Burke, Joh]
"A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland"
pg. 169
; Baron Deincourt (1299)
* Edmund Deincourt, 1st Baron Deincourt (died 1327)
;Baron Deincourt (1332)
* William Deincourt, 1st Baron Deincourt (1301–1364)
* William Deincourt, 2nd Baron Deincourt (1357–1381)
* Ralph Deincourt, 3rd Baron Deincourt (c.1380–1384)
* John Deincourt, 4th Baron Deincourt (1382–1406)
* William Deincourt, 5th Baron Deincourt (1403-1422)
See also
*
Baron Deincourt of Sutton
Earl of Scarsdale was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1645 for Francis Leke, 1st Baron Deincourt, an ardent supporter of Charles I during the Civil War. He had already been created a baronet, of Sutton in the County of Derby ...
References
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1299 establishments in England
1332 establishments in England
Abeyant baronies in the Peerage of England
Forfeited baronies in the Peerage of England
Noble titles created in 1299
Noble titles created in 1322