Baron Morley
Baron Morley was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England .
The original family residence of the barons was the manor house of Morley Saint Botolph in Norfolk .
Award and history of the title
The title was created on December 29, 1299 for William de Morley when he was convened by King Edward I via Writ of Summons in the English Parliament .
The 2nd Baron married Hawise Marshal († before 1327), sister and heiress of John Marshal, 2nd Baron Marshal (1292-1316), through which their son, the 3rd Baron Morley, also held the hereditary court office of the Marshal of Ireland , and inherited the de-iure claim to the title of Baron Marshal . The latter baron title was never legally accepted by this or his descendants.
As Barony by writ , the title could also be passed on to female descendants in the absence of direct male descendants.
The later 13th Baron Morley had inherited the title of 5th Baron Monteagle from his mother in 1585 . With the childless death of the 15th Baron Morley and 7th Baron Monteagle on July 15, 1697, his titles in Abeyance fell between his aunts Catherine Savage, Countess Rivers, and the Hon. Elizabeth Cranfield or their heirs. The Abeyance continues to this day.
List of Barons Morley (1299)
- William de Morley, 1st Baron Morley († 1302)
- Robert de Morley, 2nd Baron Morley († 1360)
- William de Morley, 3rd Baron Morley (1319–1379)
- Thomas de Morley, 4th Baron Morley (around 1354-1416)
- Thomas de Morley, 5th Baron Morley (around 1394–1435)
- Robert de Morley, 6th Baron Morley (1418–1442)
- Alianore Lovel, 7th Baroness Morley (1442–1476), ⚭ William Lovel, 7th Baron Lovel , 4th Baron Holand , iure uxoris 7th Baron Morley († 1476)
- Henry Lovel, 8th Baron Morley (1466–1489)
- Alice Parker, 9th Baroness Morley (around 1467–1518), ⚭ William Parker, iure uxoris 9th Baron Morley († 1510)
- Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley (around 1486–1556)
- Henry Parker, 11th Baron Morley (1531–1577)
- Edward Parker, 12th Baron Morley (c.1551-1618)
- William Parker, 13th Baron Morley , 5th Baron Monteagle (1575-1622)
- Henry Parker, 14th Baron Morley , 6th Baron Monteagle (around 1600–1655)
- Thomas Parker, 15th Baron Morley , 7th Baron Monteagle (around 1636–1697) (title abeyant 1697)
Individual evidence
- ^ William Lynch: A view of the legal institutions, honorary hereditary offices, and feudal baronies, established in Ireland during the reign of Henry the Second. Longman, London 1830, pp. 70 ff.
See also
- Earl of Morley (1815)
- Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1908)
Web links
- Morley, Barons and Earls of . In: Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 18, 1911.
- Morley, Baron (E, 1299-abeyant 1697) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page