The Earls of Derby, 1485-1985
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson
Published: November 1985
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780283991523
Subjects: Great Britain - History
Description: The Stanley family of England between about 1125 A.D. and the present. The family was awarded an earldom for supporting Henry VII, the Lancastrian heir to the throne, against the Yorkist King Richard III, in 1485. "With the exception of the earldom of Shrewsbury, that of Derby is today the oldest extant earldom which is not, like Surrey and Chester, held as a subsidiary title by the Crown or by a nobleman of higher rank." (p. [x]).