| The dominant kindred were the Stewarts, who came to control many of the earldoms. |
| Since the titles of dukes and marquises were restricted, earldoms became, in practice, the senior title. |
| His subjects resented paying taxes that were spent on his mistresses and their children, many of whom received dukedoms or earldoms. |
| I come from a good family, my father was an honorable man, and I was the lord of one of the richest earldoms in the kingdom. |
| After 1075 all earldoms were held by Normans, and Englishmen were only occasionally appointed as sheriffs. |
| His horse got to be prime minister, and he apparently sold a chart-topping number of dukedoms, earldoms and baronetcies. |
