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651 APPENDIX F CORONATION PEERAGES For the earliest example of the creation of peerage dignities in cele- bration of the crowning of a Sovereign we have to go back to the reign of Richard II. The regular practice of conferring such peerages is, of course, of much more recent date. A list of Sovereigns, with the peerages bestowed by them at their coronations is here given. Richard II acceded 22 June 1377, and was crowned 16 July 1377. On the day of his coronation he cr. 4 Earldoms, vi%. Buckingham (on Thomas of Woodstock), Northumberland (Percy), Nottingham (Mowbray), and Huntingdon (d' Angle). Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI. No coronation peerages. Edward IV acceded 4 Mar. i46o/i,and was crowned 28 June 1461. He cr. the Barony of Montagu (Nevill), by writ, 23 May 1461 ; two Earldoms, viz. Essex (Bourchier), and Kent (Neviii), conferred 30 June 1 46 1 (two days after the coronation) on two existing peers ; 6 Baronies by writ in July, i.e. Herbert, Cromwell (Bourchier), Stafford, Wenlock, Ogle, and Hastings ; and also between Mar. and Aug. 1461, two Dukedoms, viz. Clarence and Gloucester, on the King's two brothers, who had not previously been ennobled. Richard III acceded 26 June 1483, and was crowned 6 July 1483. Between these dates he cr. 4 peerages. These were i Dukedom, i.e. Norfolk (^Howard), 2 Earldoms, i.e. Nottingham (Berkeley') and Surrey (Howard), and i Viscountcy, i.e. Lisle (Grey). Of these all but Surrey (s. and h. of the newly created Duke of Norfolk) had previously held English peerages. Henry VII acceded 22 Aug. 1485, and was crowned 30 Oct. 1485. Between these dates he cr. 4 peerages, viz. i Dukedom, i.e. Bedford {Tudor), 2 Earldoms, i.e. Devon (Courtenay) and Derby (Stanley), and i Barony, i.e. Fitz. Walter (Radcliff), the last named being created by writ of summons dated 15 Sep. 1485. The Duke and the Earl of Derby had previously held an English peerage.