- earl

EARL. A title next below a Marquess. The Earl is distinguished by his Coronet and Mantle. See Coronet and Robe. The wife of an Earl is called Countess. The eldest son of an Earl is by courtesy a Viscount, his other sons are “ Honourable, ” and all the daughters Ladies. (ELVN)

EARL’S Coronet. P. 24, f. 44. (ELVN)

EARL Marshal of England. A great officer, who had, anciently, several courts under his jurisdiction, as the Court of Chivalry and the Courts of Honour. Under him is the Herald’s office, or College of Arms. The office of Earl Marshal belongs by hereditary right to the Duke of Norfolk. (ELVN)

Earl Граф Третий по старшинству титул в английском дворянстве, соответствующий французскому Comte и немецкому Graf. Название это – саксонского происхождения, eonl был в древней истории этой страны правителем графства..Первый потомственный граф в Англии был Hugh of Avranches, прозванный Lupus, которому William the Conqueror(Вильгельм Завоеватель) дал графский феод в Честере..

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