Excerpt from Baronia Anglica Concentrata, or a Concentrated Account of All the Baronies Commonly Called Baronies in Fee, Vol. 1: Deriving Their Origin From Writ of Summons, and Not From Any Specific Limited Creation<br><br>The subject of this work has been divided into two parts, viz., the first volume con taining an account of those persons who are mentioned by Sir William Dugdale to have had summons to parliament as barons of the realm; the second volume embracing an account of divers eminent persons noticed in his Lists of Summons to have been simi larly called to parliament by writ, and therein ranked among the earls and other barons.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.