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Earl Arran is in Earl.
In March 1609 James Hamilton 2nd Marquess Hamilton (age 20) succeeded 3rd Earl Arran. Ann Cunningham Marchioness Hamilton (age 24) by marriage Countess Arran.
In 1475 James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran was created 1st Earl Arran. Elizabeth Home Countess Arran by marriage Countess Arran.
In 1529 James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran (age 54) died. His son James (age 13) succeeded 2nd Earl Arran.
In 1532 James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran (age 16) and Margaret Douglas Duchess Châtellerault were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. She the daughter of James Douglas 3rd Earl Morton and Catherine Stewart Countess Morton (age 37). He the son of James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran and Elizabeth Home Countess Arran. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 22nd January 1575 James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran (age 59) died. His son James (age 43) succeeded 3rd Earl Arran.
In 1579 James Hamilton 3rd Earl Arran (age 47) was attainted. Earl Arran forfeit.
In 1585 John Hamilton 1st Marquess Hamilton (age 50) was restored 4th Earl Arran.
On 22nd April 1581 James Stewart 1st Earl Arran was created 1st Earl Arran.
After 19th May 1581 James Stewart 1st Earl Arran and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March (age 32) were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. She the daughter of John Stewart 4th Earl Atholl and Elizabeth Gordon Countess Atholl. They were half fourth cousins.
On 5th December 1595 James Stewart 1st Earl Arran was murdered by Sir James Douglas of Parkhead, nephew of Regent Morton. Earl Arran extinct.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In May 1662 Richard Butler 1st Earl Arran (age 22) was created 1st Earl Arran.
Richard Butler 1st Earl Arran and Mary Stewart Countess Arran were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. She the daughter of James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond and Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond. He the son of James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde and Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde. They were half fifth cousin once removed.
Richard Butler 1st Earl Arran and Dorothy Ferrers Countess Arran were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. He the son of James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde and Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde.
Around 26th April 1467 Thomas Boyd 1st Earl Arran was created 1st Earl Arran by his father, Regent Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd (age 47).