# List of earls in the reign of Richard II of England

The names listed below were Earls (suo jure or jure uxoris) or Countesses (suo jure) during the reign of King Richard II of England, who reigned from 1377 to 1399.
Earl of Arundel
Earl of Buckingham
* Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Buckingham, Earl of Essex (jure uxoris) (1377–1397)
* Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham (1397–1399)
Earl of Cambridge (Second creation)
Earl of Derby (Second creation)
* John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Derby, Earl of Lancaster (jure uxoris), Earl of Leicester (jure uxoris) (1361–1399)
* Henry Bolingbroke, 3rd Earl of Derby, Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Northampton (1399) (from 1399 King Henry IV of England)
Earl of Devon
Earl of Essex (Fourth creation)
Earl of Gloucester (Fourth creation)
Earl of Huntingdon (Third creation)
Earl of Huntingdon (Fourth creation)
Earl of Kent (Sixth creation)
Earl of Lancaster
* John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Derby, Earl of Lancaster (jure uxoris), Earl of Leicester (jure uxoris) (1361–1399)
* Henry Bolingbroke, 3rd Earl of Derby, Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Northampton (1399) (from 1399 King Henry IV of England)
Earl of Leicester (Second creation)
* John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Derby, Earl of Lancaster (jure uxoris), Earl of Leicester (jure uxoris) (1362–1399)
* Henry Bolingbroke, 3rd Earl of Derby, Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Northampton (1399) (from 1399 King Henry IV of England)
Earl of March
* Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (1360–1381)
* Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1381–1398)
* Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March (1398–1425)
Earl of Norfolk (Third creation)
* Margaret of Brotherton, 2nd Countess of Norfolk (suo jure) (1338–1399)
* Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1399)
* Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk, 2nd Earl of Nottingham (1399–1405)
Earl of Northampton
Earl of Nottingham
Earl of Nottingham (Second creation)
* Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1399)
* Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk, 2nd Earl of Nottingham (1399–1405)
Earl of Oxford
* Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford (1371–1388)
* Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford (1393–1400)
Earl of Pembroke (Fourth creation)
Earl of Richmond (Second creation restored)
* John IV, Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond (1372–1393)
* Arthur III, Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond (1393–1425)
Earl of Rutland
Earl of Salisbury (Second creation)
* William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1344–1397)
* John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (1397–1400)
Earl of Somerset (Second creation)
Earl of Stafford
* Hugh Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford (1372–1386)
* Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford (1386–1392)
* William Stafford, 4th Earl of Stafford (1392–1395)
* Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford (1395–1403)
Earl of Suffolk (Second creation)
Earl of Suffolk (Third creation)
* Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk (1385–1389)
* Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1398–1399) (1399–1415)
Earl of Surrey
Earl of Warwick
Earl of Westmorland

## Sources

Ellis, Geoffrey. (1963) Earldoms in Fee: A Study in Peerage Law and History. London: The Saint Catherine Press, Limited.