List of peers 1440–1449

This page lists all peers who held extant titles between the years 1440 and 1449.

Peerage of England
Title Holder Date gained Date lost Notes
Duke of Cornwall (1337)none14221453
Duke of York (1385)Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York14261460
Duke of Norfolk (1397)John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk14321461
Duke of Gloucester (1414)Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester14141447Died, title extinct
Duke of Exeter (1443)John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter14431447
Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter14471461
Duke of Somerset (1443)John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset14431444New creation, also Earl of Kendal; Died, title extinct
Duke of Buckingham (1444)Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham14441460New creation
Duke of Warwick (1445)Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick14451446New creation for the 14th Earl of Warwick; Died, title extinct
Duke of Somerset (1448)Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset14481455New creation; also Marquess of Dorset (1442) and Earl of Dorset (1441)
Duke of Suffolk (1448)William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk14481450New creation; also Marquess of Suffolk (1444)
Earl of Warwick (1088)Henry de Beauchamp, 14th Earl of Warwick14011439See Duke of Warwick above
Anne de Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick14461448Died
Anne Neville, 16th Countess of Warwick and
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick		1448
1449		1492
1471
Earl of Arundel (1138)William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel14381487
Earl of Oxford (1142)John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford14171462
Earl of Devon (1335)Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon14221458
Earl of Salisbury (1337)Alice Montacute, 5th Countess of Salisbury and
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury		1428
1442		1462
1460
Earl of Stafford (1351)Humphrey Stafford, 6th Earl of Stafford14031460Created Duke of Buckingham, see above
Earl of Suffolk (1385)William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk14151450See above, Duke of Suffolk
Earl of Huntingdon (1387)John Holland, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon14171447Restored as Duke of Exeter, see above
Earl of Somerset (1397)John Beaufort, 3rd Earl of Somerset14181444Duke of Somerset in 1443, see above
Edmund Beaufort, 4th Earl of Somerset14441455Duke of Somerset in 1448, see above
Earl of Westmorland (1397)Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland14251484
Earl of Northumberland (1416)Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland14161455
Earl of Shrewsbury (1442)John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury14421453New creation
Earl of Kendal (1446)John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal14461462New creation
Earl of Wiltshire (1449)James Butler, 1st Earl of Wiltshire14491461New creation
Earl of Worcester (1449)John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester14491470New creation
Viscount Beaumont (1440)John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont14401460New creation
Viscount Bourchier (1446)Henry Bourchier, 1st Viscount Bourchier14461483New creation
Baron de Ros (1264)Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros14211464
Baron Fauconberg (1295)Joan Neville, 6th Baroness Fauconberg14291490
Baron FitzWalter (1295)Elizabeth Radcliffe, suo jure Baroness FitzWalter14311485
Baron FitzWarine (1295)Thomazine FitzWarine, suo jure Baroness FitzWarine14331471
Baron Grey de Wilton (1295)Richard Grey, 6th Baron Grey de Wilton13961442Died
Reginald Grey, 7th Baron Grey de Wilton14421493
Baron Clinton (1299)John de Clinton, 5th Baron Clinton14311464
Baron De La Warr (1299)Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr14271450
Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1299)William de Ferrers, 7th Baron Ferrers of Chartley14351450
Baron Lovel (1299)William Lovel, 7th Baron Lovel14141455
Baron Scales (1299)Thomas de Scales, 7th Baron Scales14191460
Baron Welles (1299)Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles14211461
Baron de Clifford (1299)Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford14221455
Baron Ferrers of Groby (1299)William Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby13881445Died
Elizabeth Ferrers, 6th Baroness Ferrers of Groby14451483
Baron Furnivall (1299)John Talbot, 6th Baron Furnivall14071453jure uxoris; created Earl of Shrewsbury in 1442; barony held by his heirs until 1616 when it fell into abeyance
Baron Morley (1299)Robert de Morley, 6th Baron Morley14351442Died
Alianore Lovel, 7th Baroness Morley14421476
Baron Strange of Knockyn (1299)Richard le Strange, 7th Baron Strange of Knockyn13971449Died
John le Strange, 8th Baron Strange14491470
Baron Zouche of Haryngworth (1308)William la Zouche, 5th Baron Zouche14151463
Baron Beaumont (1309)John Beaumont, 6th Baron Beaumont14161460Created Viscount Beaumont, Barony held by his heirs until 1507, when it fell into abeyance
Baron Audley of Heleigh (1313)James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley14081459
Baron Cobham of Kent (1313)Joan Brooke, 5th Baroness Cobham14341442Died
Edward Brooke, 6th Baron Cobham14421464
Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1313)Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby14091452
Baron Dacre (1321)Thomas Dacre, 6th Baron Dacre13981458
Baron FitzHugh (1321)William FitzHugh, 4th Baron FitzHugh14251452
Baron Greystock (1321)Ralph de Greystock, 5th Baron Greystock14361487
Baron Grey of Ruthyn (1325)Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn13881441Died
Edmund Grey, 4th Baron Grey de Ruthyn14411490
Baron Harington (1326)William Harington, 5th Baron Harington14181458
Baron Burghersh (1330)Isabel le Despencer, suo jure Baroness Burgersh14141440Died; Barony succeeded by the Earl of Warwick, and held by his heirs until 1459 when it fell into abeyance
Baron Poynings (1337)Robert Poynings, 5th Baron Poynings13871446Died
Eleanor Percy, 6th Baroness Poynings14461482
Baron Bourchier (1342)Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier14331483Created Viscount Bourchier, see above
Baron Scrope of Masham (1350)John Scrope, 4th Baron Scrope of Masham14261455
Baron Botreaux (1368)William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux13921462
Baron Scrope of Bolton (1371)Henry Scrope, 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton14201459
Baron Cromwell (1375)Ralph de Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell14171455
Baron Bergavenny (1392)Elizabeth de Beauchamp, suo jure Baroness Bergavenny14211447Died
George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny14471492
Baron Grey of Codnor (1397)Henry Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Codnor14311444Died
Henry Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Codnor14441496
Baron Berkeley (1421)James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley14211463
Baron Hungerford (1426)Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford14261449Died
Robert Hungerford, 2nd Baron Hungerford14491459
Baron Tiptoft (1426)John de Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft14261443Died
John de Tiptoft, 2nd Baron Tiptoft14431470Created Earl of Worcester in 1449, and held by his heirs until 1485, when Barony fell into abeyance
Baron Latimer (1432)George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer14321469
Baron Fanhope (1433)John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope14331443Created Baron Milbroke in 1442; died, all titles extinct
Baron Dudley (1440)John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley14401487New creation
Baron Sudeley (1441)Ralph Boteler, 1st Baron Sudeley14411473New creation
Baron Lisle (1444)John Talbot, 1st Baron Lisle14441453New creation
Baron de Moleyns (1445)Robert Hungerford, 1st Baron de Moleyns14451461New creation
Baron Saye and Sele (1447)James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele14471450New creation
Baron Beauchamp of Powick (1447)John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Powick14471475New creation
Baron Hoo and Hastings (1447)Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings14471455New creation
Baron Rivers (1448)Richard Woodville, 1st Baron Rivers14481469New creation
Baron Stourton (1448)John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton14481462New creation
Baron Vessy (1449)Henry Bromflete, 1st Baron Vessy14491469New creation
Baron Bonville (1449)William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville14491461New creation
Baron Egremont (1449)Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont14491460New creation

Peerage of Scotland
Title Holder Date gained Date lost Notes
Duke of Rothesay (1398)-14371452
Earl of Dunbar (1115)George II, Earl of March14201457
Earl of Lennox (1184)Isabella, Countess of Lennox14251458
Earl of Ross (1215)Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross14291449Died
John of Islay, Earl of Ross14491476
Earl of Sutherland (1235)John de Moravia, 7th Earl of Sutherland14271460
Earl of Douglas (1358)William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas14391440Died
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas14401443
William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas14431452
Earl of Moray (1372)Elizabeth Dunbar, 8th Countess of Moray14291455
Earl of Orkney (1379)William Sinclair, Earl of Orkney14101476Lord Sinclair in 1449
Earl of Angus (1389)James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus14371446Died
George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus14461463
Earl of Crawford (1398)David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford14391446Died
Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford14461453
Earl of Menteith (1427)Malise Graham, 1st Earl of Menteith14271490
Earl of Avondale (1437)James Douglas, 1st Earl of Avondale14371443Succeeded to the more senior Earldom of Douglas, see above
Earl of Huntly (1445)Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly14451470New creation
Earl of Ormond (1445)Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde14451455New creation
Lord Erskine (1429)Robert Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine14291453de jure 12th Earl of Mar
Lord Hay (1429)William Hay, 1st Lord Hay14291462
Lord Somerville (1430)William Somerville, 2nd Lord Somerville14381456
Lord Lorne (1439)Robert Stewart, 1st Lord of Lorne14391449Died
John Stewart, 2nd Lord of Lorne14491463
Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (1441)Walter de Haliburton, 1st Lord Haliburton of Dirleton14411447New creation; died
John Haliburton, 2nd Lord Haliburton of Dirleton14471454
Lord Forbes (1442)Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes14421448New creation; died
James Forbes, 2nd Lord Forbes14481462
Lord Crichton (1443)William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton14431454New creation
Lord Hamilton (1445)James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton14451479New creation
Lord Maxwell (1445)Herbert Maxwell, 1st Lord Maxwell14451454New creation
Lord Glamis (1445)Patrick Lyon, 1st Lord Glamis14451459New creation
Lord Graham (1445)Patrick Graham, 1st Lord Graham14451466New creation
Lord Leslie and Ballinbreich (1445)George Leslie, 1st Lord Leslie and Ballinbreich14451490New creation
Lord Lindsay of the Byres (1445)Lawrence Abernethy, 1st Lord Saltoun14451460New creation
Lord Saltoun (1445)Lawrence Abernethy, 1st Lord Saltoun14451460New creation
Lord Campbell (1445)Duncan Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell14451453New creation
Lord Gray (1445)Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray14451469New creation
Lord Montgomerie (1449)Alexander Montgomerie, 1st Lord Montgomerie14491470New creation

Peerage of Ireland
Title Holder Date gained Date lost Notes
Earl of Ulster (1264)Richard of York, 8th Earl of Ulster14251460
Earl of Kildare (1316)Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare14341478
Earl of Ormond (1328)James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond14051452
Earl of Desmond (1329)James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond14201463
Earl of Waterford (1446)John Talbot, 1st Earl of Waterford14461453New creation
Baron Athenry (1172)Thomas II de Bermingham14281473
Baron Kingsale (1223)Patrick de Courcy, 11th Baron Kingsale14301460
Baron Kerry (1223)Thomas Fitzmaurice, 8th Baron Kerry14101469
Baron Barry (1261)William Barry, 8th Baron Barry14201480
Baron Gormanston (1370)Christopher Preston, 3rd Baron Gormanston14221450
Baron Slane (1370)Christopher Fleming, 3rd Baron Slane14351446Died
Christopher Fleming, 4th Baron Slane14461457
Baron Howth (1425)Christopher St Lawrence, 2nd Baron Howth14301465
Baron Killeen (1449)Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron Killeen14491455New creation

References
    • Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1887). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant. 1–8 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
    • Cracroft-Brennan, Patrick. "Cracroft's Peerage" (web). Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
    Preceded by
    List of peers 1430–1439    		 Lists of peers by decade
    1440–1449    		 Succeeded by
    List of peers 1450–1459
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