Earldoms in the Peerage of England up to 1485

Title Date of creation Surname Current status Notes
Earl of Northumbria 1017 Hlathir extinct 1023 1st creation; recreated 1031, 1055, 1065, 1067, 1068, 1072, 1075, 1080, 1086, 1139, 1189
Earl of East Anglia 1017 Thorkell forfeit 1021 1st creation; recreated 1044, 1051, 1067
Earl of Wessex 1020 Godwine extinct 1066 1st creation; recreated 1999
Earl of Kent 1020 Godwine extinct 1066 1st creation; recreated 1067, 1141, 1227, 1321, 1360, 1461, 1465, 1866
Earl of Mercia 1030 Leofric extinct 1071
Earl of Northumbria 1031 Siward extinct 1055 2nd creation; recreated 1055, 1065, 1067, 1068, 1072, 1075, 1080, 1086, 1139, 1189
Earl of Hereford 1043 Godwine forfeit 1051 1st creation; recreated 1052, 1058, 1067, 1141, 1199
Earl of East Anglia 1044 Godwine extinct 1067 2nd creation; forfeit 1051-1057; recreated 1051, 1067
Earl of East Anglia 1051 Leofric forfeit 1057 3rd creation; recreated 1067
Earl of Hereford 1052 de Mantes extinct 1057 2nd creation; recreated 1058, 1067, 1141, 1199
Earl of Northumbria 1055 Godwine extinct 1065 3rd creation; recreated 1065, 1067, 1068, 1072, 1075, 1080, 1086, 1139, 1189
Earl of Hereford 1058 Godwine extinct 1066 3rd creation; recreated 1067, 1141, 1199
Earl of Huntingdon 1065 Siward, de Senlis, Dunkeld extinct 1237 1st creation; also Earl of Northampton; created Earl of Northumbria from 1139 to 1157; recreated 1337, 1377, 1388, 1471, 1529
Earl of Northampton 1065 Siward, de Senlis, Dunkeld extinct 1237 1st creation; also Earl of Huntingdon; created Earl of Northumbria from 1139 to 1157; recreated 1337, 1604, 1618
Earl of Northumbria 1065 Leofric forfeit 1067 4th creation; recreated 1067, 1067, 1067, 1068, 1072, 1075, 1080, 1086, 1139, 1189
Earl of East Anglia 1067 de Gael renamed 1070 4th creation; renamed to Earl of Norfolk in 1070
Earl of Hereford 1067 Fitzosbern forfeit 1074 4th creation; recreated 1141, 1199
Earl of Kent 1067 Odo forfeit 1088 2nd creation; recreated 1141, 1227, 1321, 1360, 1461, 1465, 1866
Earl of Northumbria 1067 Copsi extinct 1067 5th creation; recreated 1067, 1068, 1072, 1075, 1080, 1086, 1139, 1189
Earl of Northumbria 1067 Osulf extinct 1067 6th creation; recreated 1067, 1068, 1072, 1075, 1080, 1086, 1139, 1189
Earl of Northumbria 1067 Gospatric forfeit 1072 7th creation; forfeit 1068-1070; recreated 1068, 1072, 1075, 1080, 1086, 1139, 1189
Earl of Cornwall 1068 Moreton forfeit 1106 1st creation; recreated 1140, 1141, 1180, 1189, 1217, 1225, 1307, 1330
Earl of Northumbria 1068 de Comyn extinct 1069 8th creation; recreated 1070, 1072, 1075, 1080, 1086, 1139, 1189
Earl of Dorset 1070 Osmund extinct 1099 1st creation; recreated 1411, 1441, 1603
Earl of Norfolk 1070 de Gael forfeit 1074 1st creation; recreated 1140, 1312, 1644
Earl of Chester 1071 d'Avranches extinct 1120 1st creation; recreated 1121, 1253, 1264, 1850
Earl of Northumbria 1072 Siward forfeit 1075 9th creation; recreated 1075, 1080, 1086, 1139, 1189
Earl of Shrewsbury 1074 de Montgomery forfeit 1102  
Earl of Northumbria 1075 Walcher extinct 1080 10th creation; also Bishop of Durham; recreated 1080, 1086, 1139, 1189
Earl of Northumbria 1080 de Coucy resigned 1086 11th creation; recreated 1086, 1139, 1189
Earl of Albemarle 1081 de Blois, de Fortz extinct 1274  
Earl of Northumbria 1086 de Mowbray forfeit 1095 12th creation; recreated 1139, 1189
Earl of Surrey 1088 de Warenne extinct 1415  
Earl of Warwick 1088 de Newburgh forfeit 1499  
Earl of Gloucester 1093 Fitzeustace extinct 1094  
Earl of Buckingham 1097 de Giffard extinct 1166  
Earl of Devon 1100 de Redvers forfeit 1471 also forfeit 1461–1470
Earl of Leicester 1107 Bellamont or Beaumont extinct 1204  
Earl of Dorset 1121 Mordaunt extinct 1350 also Earl of Middlesex from 1141
Earl of Chester 1121 Meschin, Gernon, Kevelioc, Blondeville extinct 1232 2nd creation; recreated 1253, 1264, 1850
Earl of Gloucester 1121 Fitzroy, Fitzrobert extinct 1183  
Earl of Richmond 1136 de Bretagne extinct 1203  
Earl of Arundel 1138 de Albini, Fitzalan, Howard extant also Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Surrey and Earl of Norfolk from 1660
Earl of Bedford 1138 Bellemont forfeit 1142  
Earl of Derby 1138 Ferrers forfeit 1266  
Earl of Hertford 1138 Clare extinct 1314  
Earl of Pembroke 1138 Clare extinct 1185  
Earl of Worcester 1138 de Bellomont extinct 1145  
Earl of Essex 1139 de Mandeville extinct 1189  
Earl of Northumbria 1139 Dunkeld forfeit 1157 13th creation; also Earl of Huntingdon; recreated 1189
Earl of Cornwall 1140 de Bretagne deprived 1141 2nd creation; recreated 1141, 1180, 1189, 1217, 1225, 1307, 1330
Earl of Norfolk 1140 Bigod extinct 1307 2nd creation; recreated 1312, 1644
Earl of Cornwall 1141 Dunstanville extinct 1175 3rd creation; recreated 1180, 1189, 1217, 1225, 1307, 1330
Earl of Hereford 1141 de Gloucester, Fitzmiles extinct 1155 5th creation; recreated 1199
Earl of Kent 1141 Ipre forfeit 1155 3rd creation; recreated 1227, 1321, 1360, 1461, 1465, 1866
Earl of Lincoln 1141 Romare extinct 1155  
Earl of Middlesex 1141 Mordaunt extinct 1350 also Earl of Dorset from 1121
Earl of Oxford 1142 Vere dormant 1703  
Earl of Salisbury 1145 de Salisbury extinct 1322  
Earl of Lincoln 1147 de Gant extinct 1156  
Earl of Buckingham 1164 de Clare extinct 1176 also Earl of Pembroke
Earl of Cornwall 1180 Baldwin extinct 1188 4th creation; recreated 1189, 1217, 1225, 1307, 1330
Earl of Gloucester 1186 Plantagenet merged in crown 1199  
Earl of Cornwall 1189 Plantagenet extinct 1199 5th creation; recreated 1217, 1225, 1307, 1330
Earl of Northumbria 1189 de Puiset extinct 1195 14th creation; also Bishop of Durham
Earl of Pembroke 1189 Marshall extinct 1245  
Earl of Essex 1199 Fitzpiers extinct 1227  
Earl of Hereford 1199 de Bohun extant 1373 lands and titles stolen by crown.
Earl of Leicester 1206 Montfort forfeit 1264  
Earl of Winchester 1207 Quincy extinct 1264  
Earl of Cornwall 1217 Fitz-Count resigned 1220 6th creation; recreated 1225, 1307, 1330
Earl of Lincoln 1217 de Blundeville extinct 1232 also Earl of Chester
Earl of Gloucester 1218 de Clare extinct 1314 also Earl of Hertford
Earl of Kent 1226 Burgh extinct 1243 4th creation; recreated 1321, 1360, 1461, 1465, 1866
Earl of Cornwall 1226 Plantagenet extinct 1300 7th creation; recreated 1307, 1330
Earl of Essex 1227 de Bohun extant 1372  
Earl of Lincoln 1232 Lacy, Plantagenet extinct 1348  
Earl of Warwick 1246 Plessets extinct 1268  
Earl of Pembroke 1247 Valence extinct 1323  
Earl of Chester 1253 Plantagenet extinct 1253 3rd creation; recreated 1264, 1850
Earl of Chester 1264 de Montfort forfeit 1265 4th creation; recreated 1850
Earl of Lancaster 1267 Plantagenet forfeit 1321 restored 1327; created Duke of Lancaster in 1351 
Earl of Richmond 1268 de Dreux extinct 1399  
Earl of Warwick 1268 Beauchamp extinct 1449 created Duke of Warwick in 1444
Earl of Leicester 1274 Plantagenet extinct 1361  
Earl of Sussex 1282 Plantagenet extinct 1347  
Earl of Arundel 1289 Fitzalan, Howard extant forfeit 1326–1331, 1397–1400, 1589–1604
Earl of Gloucester and Hertford 1299 Monthermer extinct 1306  
Earl of Chester 7 February 1301 Plantagenet merged in crown 1307 also Prince of Wales
Earl of Cornwall 6 August 1307 de Graveston extinct 1312  
Earl of Norfolk 16 December 1312 Plantagenet extinct 1338  
Earl of Kent 28 July 1321 Plantagenet extinct 1385  
Earl of Carlisle 25 March 1322 Harclay forfeit 1323  
Earl of Winchester 10 May 1322 Despencer forfeit 1326  
Earl of March 9 November 1328 Mortimer, Plantagenet merged in crown 1461 forfeit 1330–1354; also Earl of Ulster in Ireland from 1382; also Duke of York and Earl of Cambridge from 1425
Earl of Cornwall 1 December 1330 Plantagenet extinct 1336  
Earl of Salisbury 13 March 1337 Montacute forfeit 1400  
Earl of Derby 16 March 1337 Plantagenet extinct 1361 also Earl of Lancaster and Earl of Leicester; created Earl of Lincoln in 1349 and Duke of Lancaster in 1351
Earl of Gloucester 16 March 1337 Despencer, Audley extinct 1347  
Earl of Huntingdon 16 March 1337 de Clinton, Clinton extinct 1354  
Earl of Northampton 16 March 1337 Bohun extinct 1438 abeyant 1373–1384
Earl of Suffolk 16 March 1337 Ufford extinct 1382  
Earl of Pembroke 13 October 1339 Hastings extinct 1391  
Earl of Cambridge 7 May 1340 de Juliers extinct 1361  
Earl of Richmond 24 September 1341 Montfort extinct 1345 also Duke of Brittany in France
Earl of Richmond 26 September 1345 Plantagenet surrendered peerage 1372 also Earl of Lancaster and Earl of Leicester from 1361; created Duke of Lancaster in 1362
Earl of Lincoln 20 August 1349 Plantagenet extinct 1361 also Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, and Earl of Derby; created Duke of Lancaster in 1351
Earl of Stafford 3 March 1351 Stafford forfeit 1521 created Duke of Buckingham in 1444; forfeit 1483–1486
Earl of Kent 20 November 1360 Holland extinct 1408 created Duke of Surrey in 1397, which title forfeit 1400
Earl of Cambridge 13 November 1362 Plantagenet resigned peerage 1414 created Duke of York in 1385
Earl of Bedford 11 May 1366 de Courcy, Couci resigned 1377  
Earl of Richmond 20 June 1372 Montfort extinct 1399 also Duke of Brittany in France
Earl of Norfolk 1375 Manny, Mowbray extinct 1481 created Duchess of Norfolk in 1397; that title extinct 1400; also Earl of Nottingham 1400–1476 and Duke of Norfolk 1425–1476
Earl of Buckingham 13 July 1377 Plantagenet extinct 1399 created Duke of Gloucester in 1385; that title forfeit 1397
Earl of Nottingham 15 July 1377 Mowbray extinct 1382  
Earl of Northumberland 16 July 1377 Percy forfeit 1537 also forfeit 1406–1414, 1461–1470
Earl of Huntingdon 16 July 1377 Angle extinct 1380  
Earl of Nottingham 2 February 1383 Mowbray extinct 1475 created Duke of Norfolk 1397; the ducal title was not in use 1399–1425
Earl of Suffolk 6 August 1385 Pole forfeit 1503 created Marquess of Suffolk in 1444 and Duke of Suffolk in 1448; those titles surrendered in 1493
Earl of Derby 3 September 1385 Plantagenet merged in crown 1399 created Duke of Hereford in 1397; also Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster, and Earl of Leicester from 1399
Earl of Huntingdon 2 June 1387 Holland forfeit 1461 created Duke of Exeter in 1397; both peerages forfeit 1400; restored 1417; again created Duke of Exeter in 1443
Earl of Rutland 25 February 1390 Plantagenet extinct 1402 created Duke of Aumale in 1397, but deprived of the title in 1399; title was created only in the lifetime of his father; he became Duke of York and Earl of Cambridge at his father's death in 1402
Earl of Oxford 12 February 1392 Vere extinct 1703 forfeit 1474–1485
Earl of Somerset 10 February 1397 Beaufort forfeit 1463 created Marquess of Somerset in 1397, but deprived of the title in 1399; created Duke of Somerset in 1443; that title extinct 1444; also Marquess of Dorset and Earl of Dorset from 1444; created Duke of Somerset in 1448
Earl of Gloucester 29 September 1397 Le Despencer deprived of peerage 1399  
Earl of Westmorland 29 September 1397 Nevill forfeit 1570  
Earl of Wiltshire 29 September 1397 Scrope forfeit 1399  
Earl of Worcester 29 September 1397 Percy extinct 1404  
Earl of Dorset 5 July 1411 Beaufort extinct 1426 created Duke of Exeter in 1416
Earl of Aumale 9 July 1412 Plantagenet extinct 1421 subsidiary title of the Duke of Clarence
Earl of Cambridge 1 May 1414 Plantagenet merged in crown 1461 attainted 1415–1426
Earl of Kendal 16 May 1414 Plantagenet extinct 1435 subsidiary title of the Duke of Bedford created Earl of Richmond in 1414
Earl of Pembroke 16 May 1414 Plantagenet extinct 1447 subsidiary title of the Duke of Gloucester
Earl of Richmond 24 November 1414 Plantagenet extinct 1435 also Duke of Bedford and Earl of Kendal
Earl of Worcester February 1421 Beauchamp extinct 1431  
Earl of Dorset August 1441 Beaufort forfeit 1463 created Marquess of Dorset in 1442 and Duke of Somerset in 1448
Earl of Shrewsbury 20 May 1442 Talbot extant created Earl of Waterford in Ireland in 1446, also Earl Talbot in Great Britain from 1856. From 1694 to 1718 also Duke of Shrewsbury and Marquess of Alton. 2nd and last creation.
Earl of Salisbury 1442 Nevill forfeit 1471 also Earl of Warwick from 1460
Earl of Kendal 28 August 1443 Beaufort extinct 1444 subsidiary title of the Duke of Somerset; also Earl of Somerset
Earl of Kendal 1446 de Foix extinct 1485  
Earl of Wiltshire 8 July 1449 Butler extinct 1461  
Earl of Worcester 16 July 1449 Tiptoft forfeit 1485  
Earl of Warwick 23 July 1449 Nevill forfeit 1471 also Earl of Salisbury from 1460
Earl of Surrey 24 March 1451 Mowbray extinct 1475 also Duke of Norfolk from 1461
Earl of Richmond 6 March 1453 Tudor forfeit 1461  
Earl of Pembroke 6 March 1453 Tudor extinct 1495 forfeit 1461–1485; created Duke of Bedford in 1485
Earl of Essex 30 June 1461 Bourchier extinct 1539  
Earl of Kent 30 June 1461 Nevill extinct 1463  
Earl of Kent 20 May 1465 Grey extinct 1740 created Marquess of Kent and Earl of Harold in 1706; created Duke of Kent in Great Britain in 1710 and Marquess Grey in Great Britain in 1740
Earl Rivers 24 May 1466 Widvile extinct 1491  
Earl of Lincoln 13 March 1467 Pole extinct 1487  
Earl of Northumberland 13 March 1467 Nevill resigned 1470 afterwards created Marquess of Montagu
Earl of Pembroke 8 September 1468 Herbert resigned peerage 1479 afterwards created Earl of Huntingdon
Earl of Devon 17 May 1469 Stafford forfeit 1469  
Earl of Wiltshire 5 January 1470 Stafford extinct 1499  
Earl of Huntingdon 14 August 1471 Grey surrendered peerage 1475 afterwards created Marquess of Dorset
Earl of Salisbury 25 March 1472 Plantagenet forfeit 1539 also Duke of Clarence and Earl of Warwick 1472–1478; forfeit 1478–1485; restored as Earl of Warwick 1493; titles forfeit 1499–1513
Earl of Warwick 25 March 1472 Plantagenet forfeit 1499 also Duke of Clarence and Earl of Salisbury 1472–1478; forfeit 1478–1493; also Earl of Salisbury 1493–1499
Earl of Winchester 13 October 1472 Bruges forfeit 1499  
Earl of Nottingham 12 June 1476 Plantagenet extinct 1483 also Duke of York and Duke of Norfolk
Earl of Salisbury 15 February 1478 Plantagenet extinct 1484 also Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall from 1483
Earl of Huntingdon 14 July 1479 Herbert extinct 1491 previously Earl of Pembroke
Earl of March 18 July 1479 Plantagenet merged in crown 1483 also Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Earl of Pembroke
Earl of Pembroke 18 July 1479 Plantagenet merged in crown 1483 also Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Earl of March
Earl of Nottingham 28 June 1483 Berkeley extinct 1491 created Marquess of Berkeley in 1488
Earl of Surrey 28 June 1483 Beaumont, Fitzalan-Howard extant forfeit 1485–1489; also Duke of Norfolk 1514–1572; forfeit 1572–1604; also Earl of Arundel from 1604 and Earl of Norfolk from 1644; restored as Duke of Norfolk 1660