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330 BRITANNY BRITANNY BARONY I, John de Bretagne, 2nd s. of John, Earl of BY WRIT. Richmond (Duke of Britannj)^ was sum. v.p. to Pari. I 24 May and 13 July (1305) 33 Edw. I, by writs directed •^ Johatini de Britannia Juniori, whereby some may hold him to have become LORD BRITANNY.^) Having, in Nov. 1305, sue. his father in the English estates, on 15 Oct. (1306) 34 Edw. I, he was declared " EARL OB~ RICHMOND," and sum. to Pari, by writ directed Johanni de Britannia Comiti de Richmond'. He d. s.p.^ 17 Jan. 1333/4, when any Barony which may be held to have existed became extinct. See fuller account under "Richmond," Earldom of, 1306 to 1334. II. 1334. 2. John DE Bretagne, nephew and h.,Z)«-^?o/5n/rt««)', havingbeenacknowledgedas"EARLOFRICHMOND," was sum. to Pari. 24 July (1334) 8 Edw. Ill, and 22 Jan. (1335/6) 9 Edw. Ill, by writs directed Johanni Duci Britannie et Comiti Richmond'. He d. s.p., 30 Apr. 1 34 1, when any honours arising under that writ became extinct. See fuller account under "Richmond," Earldom of, 1335 to 1341. BRITTAS See " BouRKE of Brittas," Barony [I.] (Bourke), cr. 1618; forfeited 1691. brodrick of PEPER HAROW i.e. "Brodricjs: of Peper Harow, Surrey," Barony (Brodrick), cr. II June 1796, with a spec. rem. See " Midleton," Viscountcy [I.], cr. 171 7, under the 4th Viscount. BROGHILL See "Orrery," Earldom of [I.], cr. i66o. BROKE see BROOKE BROME i.e. " Brome, Suffolk," Viscountcy {Cornwallis), see " Cornwallis," Earldom, cr. 1753; extinct 1852. (f) There is proof in the Rolls of Pari, of his sitting. As to how far these early writs of summons did in fact create any Peerage title, see Appendix A in the last volume. V.G.