earldom

How To Use earldom In A Sentence

• When in 1254 he created an apanage for his eldest son, Edward, two of its principal components were the lordship of Ireland and the earldom of Chester, within which was comprised several Welsh lordships.
• His horse got to be prime minister, and he apparently sold a chart-topping number of dukedoms, earldoms and baronetcies.
• His Scotch estates were confiscated, and his title attained ” the attainder of the earldom was not reversed until 1824. Lady Mary Wortley Montague
• Magnus claimed his share of the earldom, but within a few years Haakon determined to dispose of his political rival.
• Is the foregoing family a branch of that of Herefordshire, now ennobled; or does it come down from one of the name anterior to the time when such earldom was made patent, viz. from Sir Richard Harley, 28 Edward I.: whose armorial bearings, according to one annalist, is mentioned as _Or, bend cotized sable_? Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
• I heard he'd been pressuring John for an earldom, and I think John finally ran out of patience. HERE BE DRAGONS
• His horse got to be prime minister, and he apparently sold a chart-topping number of dukedoms, earldoms and baronetcies.
• He had succeeded to the earldom in 1678 and embarked on an ambitious programme for refurbishing his Elizabethan ancestral home.
• You dragged me across the earldom because you were lonely?
• His father had insisted they make a round of the earldom and visit some ‘family friends’ on the way back to Trieste.