List of earldoms
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 1066 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 Waltheof 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 Waltheof 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
Earldoms in England before 1066
This page lists all earldoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The Norman conquest of England introduced the continental Frankish title of count (comes) into England, which soon became identified with the previous titles of Danish jarl and Anglo-Saxon earl in England. Until the reign of Edward III in the 14th century, the peerage of England consisted exclusively of earls and barons. It remains a matter of debate whether early Anglo-Norman counts/earls held their title by tenure (as barons did) or as a personal dignity conferred separately from the land grants. At least three types of early earldoms can be distinguished - (1) earls palatine (e.g. Chester, Pembroke, Durham) whose titles were connected to entire counties, with regal jurisdiction (jura regalia) and enjoying full privileges and fruits of royal seigniory, (2) earldoms created by the king and appointed to a county, but only enjoying right to a third of the profits of the pleas of the county court; (3) earldoms created by royal grants of large tracts of land to be held in feudal service (per servitum unius comitatus), erecting the tract to a county to support the earldom. Nonetheless, for the last few centuries of English history, earldoms have always been created by letters patent or charters, and the volume of earldoms has long exceeded the number of territorial counties, and, as a result, the names of many earldoms are associated with smaller units (estates, villages, families, etc. ).