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	Precedence - LoveToKnow 1911
		Tudor, duke of Bedford, it is presumed for observance at the marriage of Henry VII.
		- General Precedence of Women The Queen; 13 (i) queen dowager; (2) princess of Wales; (3) daughters of the sovereign; (4) wives of the sovereign's younger sons; (5) granddaughters of the sovereign; (6) wives of the sovereign's grandsons; (7) sisters of the sovereign; (8) wives of the sovereign's brothers; (9) aunts of the sovereign;.
		The eldest sons of dukes, marquesses and earls are designated by the names of one or other of the inferior peerages of their fathers, usually a marquessate or an earldom in the first, an earldom or a viscounty in the second and a viscounty or barony in the third case.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Precedence (6901 words)

	Precedence
		If the daughter of a duke, a marquess or an earl marries the younger son of an earl, the eldest or younger son of a viscount or baron, a baronet, a knight or an esquire, andc., she retains, with her own precedence, the prefix "lady" before her Christian name and her husband's surname.
		In the "Ancient Tables of Precedence," which we have already cited, dukes of the blood royal are always ranked before other dukes, and in most of them their eldest sons and in some of them their younger sons are placed in a corresponding order of precedence.
		By the statutes of the order of the Bath, as revised in 1847, it is ordained that the knights grand crosses are to be placed "next to and immediately after baronets," thus superseding knights bannerets not created by the sovereign in person.
	www.regencylibrary.com /Precedence.htm (6880 words)

	List of Marquesses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		This is a list of present Marquesses in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
		For a more complete listing, which adds these "hidden" Marquessates as well as extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, and forfeit ones, see List of Marquessates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Marquesses_in_order_of_precedence (155 words)

	MARQUESS, OR MARQUIS - LoveToKnow Article on MARQUESS, OR MARQUIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		John de Beaufort, earl of Somerset, the second legitimate son of John of Gaunt, was raised to the second marquessate as marquess of Dorset on the apth of September 1397, but degraded again to earl in 1399.
		A marquess is 'most honorable," and is styled " my lord marquess." His wife, who is also " most honorable," is a marchioness, and is ityled " my lady marchioness." The coronet is a circlet of gold on which rest four leaves and as many large pearls, all of them of equal height and connected.
		The marchio or marquess thus came to be no more than a count of exceptional power and dignity, the original significance of the title being lost.
	92.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MARQUESS_OR_MARQUIS.htm (2359 words)

	Order of Precedence in England and Wales
		Precedence existed in pre-Conquest times: an Anglo-Saxon document states that "in the laws of the English, people and law went by ranks." The Conquest presumably resulted in the introduction of precedence as it was practiced at the court of Normandy, just as titles and offices were imported by the victors.
		House of Lords Precedence Act 1539 and the Ordinance of 1595, both of which were to a large extent codifying current practice, form the canvass of the order of precedence.
		Marquesses came before earls almost as soon as they were first created (1386), as viscounts did after earls (1440) although their position with respect to eldest sons of earls was not resolved until 1520.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/britain/order_precedence.htm (5531 words)

	Encyclopedia: Peerage
		An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance of people; it is used by many organizations and governments.
		This is a list of representative peers elected from the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the House of Lords.
		As of February 2004, the spiritual peers, in order of seniority, are as follows: with seniority ex officio The Archbishop of Canterbury - Rowan Williams The Archbishop of York - John Sentamu The Bishop of London - Richard Chartres The Bishop of Durham - Nicholas Thomas Wright The Bishop of Winchester - Michael Scott-Joynt...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Peerage (5048 words)

	Precedence
		Debrett's: "Precedence of ladies is always derived from the father or husband, except in the case of a peeress in her own right.
		But the rules of Precedence dictated that the Princess should be attended at her wedding by the highest-ranking unmarried lady in the land.
		Notice that in the Table of Precedence the Princess of Wales, although she is only a consort, comes before the daughters of the monarch, who are "real" princesses by birth.
	www.chinet.com /~laura/html/titles07.html (1742 words)

	Peerage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Peers are of five ranks: duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron.
		"Marquess" comes from the Germanic word "Mark" (for "border"), referring to the border ("marches") between England and either Wales or Scotland; the relationship is more evident in the feminine form, Marchioness.
		Marquesses and earls whose titles are based on place names normally use of, while those whose titles are based on surnames normally do not.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Peerage (2386 words)

	Peerage
		The titles within the peerage are, in ascending order of rank, baron (baroness[?] for women), viscount (viscountess[?]), earl (countess[?]), marquess (marchioness[?]), and duke.
		Within each rank, the order of precedence is: Peerage of England (by seniority of titles), Peerage of Scotland (by seniority of title), Peerage of Great Britain (by seniority of title), Peerage of Ireland (by seniority of title), Peerage of the United Kingdom (by seniority of title).
		The younger sons of dukes and marquesses (or courtesy marquesses) are called "Lord Forename Surname", while the daughters of dukes, marquesses, and earls (or courtesy marquesses and early) are styled "Lady Forename Surname".
	www.findword.org /pe/peerage.html (1160 words)

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		In order more particularly to distinguish the subordinates in an army (the chieftains of different countries alone being entitled to the preceding marks of honour), other figures were invented by ancient armorists, and by them termed subordinate ordinaries.
		The order of precedency to be observed in England was settled by an act of parliament passed in the thirty-first year of the reign of Henry VIII.
		A short distance from the lists were the galleries and pavilions for the spectators; the most splendid was that fitted up for the lady who presided as queen of the tournament and her attendants, all splendidly attired.
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