Baron Talbot is a title that has been created twice. The title was created first in the
Peerage of England
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. On 5 June 1331, Sir Gilbert Talbot was summoned to
Parliament
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, by which he was held to have become Baron Talbot.
The title Lord Talbot, Baron of
Hensol
Hensol Castle (previously Hensol House) is a castellated mansion in the gothic architecture style dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, now a wedding and conference venue for The Vale Resort. It is located north of Clawdd Coch ...
, in the County of Glamorgan, was created in the
Peerage of Great Britain
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in 1733 for
Charles Talbot, a descendant of
John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 2nd Earl of Waterford, 8th Baron Talbot, KG (12 DEC 1413 – 10 July 1460) was an English nobleman and soldier. He was the son of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, 1st Earl of Waterford, 7th Baron Talbot ...
(the 8th Baron of the first creation), the
Earl Talbot
Earl Talbot is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. This branch of the Talbot family descends from the Hon. Sir Gilbert Talbot (died 1518), third son of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury. His great-great-great- ...
.
Barons Talbot (1331)
Gilbert Talbot (1276–1346),
Lord Chamberlain of the Household
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to
King Edward III
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, was summoned to Parliament as Lord Talbot in 1331, which is accepted as evidence of his baronial status at that date.
Ancestry
He was descended from Richard Talbot, a tenant in 1086 of Walter Giffard at Woburn and Battledsen in Bedfordshire. The Talbot family were vassals of the Giffards in Normandy. Hugh Talbot, probably his son, made a grant to Beaubec Abbey, confirmed by his son Richard Talbot in 1153. This Richard (died 1175) is listed in 1166 as holding three fees of the Honour of Giffard in Buckinghamshire. He also held a fee at Linton in Herefordshire, for which his son Gilbert Talbot (died 1231) obtained a fresh charter in 1190. Gilbert's grandson Gilbert (died 1274) married Gwenlynn Mechyll, daughter and sole heiress of the Welsh Prince
Rhys Mechyll
Rhys Mechyll (died 1244) was a Welsh prince, Lord of Dinefwr, of the House of Dinefwr and Kingdom of Deheubarth in southern Wales from 1234 to 1244. He was a son of prince Rhys Gryg (died 1234) ("Rhys the Hoarse"), son of prince Rhys ap Gruffydd ( ...
, whose armorials the Talbots thenceforth assumed in lieu of their own former arms. Their son Sir Richard Talbot, who signed and sealed the
Barons' Letter, 1301
The Barons' Letter of 1301 was written by seven English earls and 96 English barons to Pope Boniface VIII as a repudiation of his claim of feudal overlordship of Scotland (expressed in the Bull Scimus Fili), and as a defence of the rights of Edw ...
held the manor of
Eccleswall in
Herefordshire
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in right of his wife Sarah, sister of
William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick
{{Infobox noble
, name = William de Beauchamp
, title = 9th Earl of Warwick
, image =Beauchamp.svg
, caption =Arms of Beauchamp: ''Gules, a fesse between six cross crosslets or''
, alt ...
. In 1331 Richard's son Gilbert Talbot (1276–1346) was summoned to Parliament, which is considered evidence of his baronial status.
[G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant'', new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959), volume XII/1, p. 610.]
Succession
The first baron's grandson, the 3rd Baron Talbot, died in Spain supporting
John of Gaunt
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's claim to the throne of
Castile. Richard, the fourth Baron, married Ankaret, 7th
Baroness Strange of Blackmere, daughter and heiress of John le Strange, 4th Baron Strange of Blackmere. In 1387, during his father's lifetime, Richard 4th Baron was summoned to Parliament as Ricardo Talbot de Blackmere in right of his wife. His son
ilbert the fifth Baron, also succeeded his mother as eighth Baron Strange of Blackmere.
On the early death of the 5th Baron, the titles passed to his daughter, Ankaret, the sixth and ninth holder of the titles. However, she died a minor and was succeeded by her uncle, John seventh Baron Talbot. John married Maud Nevill, 6th Baroness Furnivall, and, in 1409, he was summoned to Parliament in right of his wife as Johann Talbot de Furnyvall. In 1442
John was created Earl of Shrewsbury in the Peerage of England and in 1446 Earl of Waterford in the
Peerage of Ireland
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.
Barons Talbot (1733)
The title was created in 1733 when
Charles Talbot was raised to the
Peerage of Great Britain
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as Lord Talbot, Baron of Hensol, in the County of Glamorgan. He was eldest the son of
William Talbot,
Bishop of Oxford
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, of
Salisbury
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Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...
and of
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and a descendant of Sir Gilbert Talbot (died 1518), third son of
John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 2nd Earl of Waterford, 8th Baron Talbot, KG (12 DEC 1413 – 10 July 1460) was an English nobleman and soldier. He was the son of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, 1st Earl of Waterford, 7th Baron Talbot ...
.
The title fell into abeyance between the three daughters of
Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury
Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, 7th Earl of Waterford, 13th Baron Talbot, KG (20 November 1552 – 8 May 1616), styled Lord Talbot from 1582 to 1590, was a peer in the peerage of England. He also held the subsidiary titles of 16th Baron ...
until the deaths of two of them without issue.
List of titleholders
Barons Talbot (1331)
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Gilbert Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot (1276–1346)
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Richard Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot
Richard Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot (c. 1306 – 23 October 1356) was an English nobleman and soldier. As the husband of the heiress Elizabeth de Comyn, he played a role in the Second War of Scottish Independence.
Family
Talbot was the son and ...
(c. 1305–1356)
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Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot
Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot (c. 1332–1387) was an English nobleman and soldier.
Family
Talbot was the son and heir of Richard Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot and his wife Elizabeth de Comyn. Burke, Bernard"A Genealogical History of the Dorma ...
(c. 1332–1387)
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Richard Talbot, 4th Baron Talbot (c. 1361–1396)
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Gilbert Talbot, 5th Baron Talbot, 8th Baron Strange of Blackmere (c. 1383–1419)
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Ankaret Talbot, 6th Baroness Talbot, 9th Baroness Strange of Blackmere (died 1421)
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John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, 1st Earl of Waterford, 7th Baron Talbot, 10th Baron Strange of Blackmere (1387–1453) (created Earl of Shrewsbury in 1442)
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John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 2nd Earl of Waterford, 8th Baron Talbot, 11th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 7th Baron Furnivall (1413–1460)
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John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl of Waterford, 9th Baron Talbot, 12th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 8th Baron Furnivall (1448–1473)
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George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, 4th Earl of Waterford, 10th Baron Talbot, 13th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 9th Baron Furnivall (1468–1538)
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Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, 5th Earl of Waterford, 11th Baron Talbot, 14th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 10th Baron Furnivall (1500–1560)
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George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, 6th Earl of Waterford, 12th Baron Talbot, 15th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 11th Baron Furnivall (1528–1590)
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Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, 7th Earl of Waterford, 13th Baron Talbot, 16th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 12th Baron Furnivall (1552–1616)
*''abeyant 1616–1651''
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Alethea Howard, 14th Baroness Talbot, 17th Baroness Strange of Blackmere, 13th Baroness Furnivall née Talbot (died 1654)
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Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk, 15th Baron Talbot (1627–1677)
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Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, 16th Baron Talbot (1628–1684)
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Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk, 17th Baron Talbot (1655–1701)
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Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk, 18th Baron Talbot (1683–1732)
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Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk, 19th Baron Talbot (1685–1777)
*''abeyant since 1777''
List of co-heirs
Barons Talbot (1733) of Hensol
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Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot
Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot, (168514 February 1737) was a British lawyer and politician. He was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1733 to 1737.
Life
Talbot was the eldest son of William Talbot, Bishop of Durham, a descendant ...
(1685–1737)
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William Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot (1710–1782) (created Earl Talbot in 1761)
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John Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot (1749–1793) (created Earl Talbot in 1784)
''For subsequent holders see
Earl Talbot
Earl Talbot is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. This branch of the Talbot family descends from the Hon. Sir Gilbert Talbot (died 1518), third son of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury. His great-great-great- ...
See also
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Earl of Shrewsbury
Earl of Shrewsbury () is a hereditary title of nobility created twice in the Peerage of England. The second earldom dates to 1442. The holder of the Earldom of Shrewsbury also holds the title of Earl of Waterford (1446) in the Peerage of Ireland ...
*
Earl Talbot
Earl Talbot is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. This branch of the Talbot family descends from the Hon. Sir Gilbert Talbot (died 1518), third son of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury. His great-great-great- ...
*
Baron Talbot of Malahide
Baron Talbot of Malahide (or de Malahide) is a title that has been created twice for members of the same family—in 1831 in the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Talbot ''of'' Malahide, and in 1856 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron ...
Sources
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*Patrick Cracroft-Brennan
Talbot, Baron (E, 1332 – abeyant 1777) Cracroft's Peerage. Accessed 18 March 2012.
References
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Baron
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1331 establishments in England
1733 establishments in Great Britain
Abeyant baronies in the Peerage of England
Noble titles created in 1331
Noble titles created in 1733
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