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64:, regarded as the creation of a hereditary barony. At the death of the sixth baron in 1443, the title was inherited by his daughter Eleanor Morley, the wife of Sir William Lovel, who was summoned to parliament as Baron Morley in right of his wife and died in 1476, shortly before her. It was then inherited by their son Henry Lovel, following whose death in 1489 it came to his sister Alice Lovel, who was married to Henry Parker. The title was then held by her descendants in the Parker family until 1697 when, on the death of the fifteenth baron without children, the title came to an end. 30: 104:. It had become common in the 19th century for members of the post-mediaeval nobility when elevated further in the peerage to adopt defunct mediaeval titles which bore some ostensible link to the family, thus lending it an air of great antiquity. Such actions were often adopted in all innocence based on erroneous pedigrees produced by genealogists overly eager to please their patrons. An example is the Russell family, Dukes of Bedford, of which a younger son when himself elevated to the peerage adopted the title "Baron Russell of 126:
William Morley, 3rd Baron Morley (1319–1379) "the 38th of Edward III. had licence to travel beyond sea, as also to grant his office of mareschall of Ireland (which had descended to him by his mother), to Henry de Ferrers, to hold so long as he behaved himself well
123:(died 1360) "having married Hawyse, sister and heir to John le Mareschall, of Hengham, in had livery of the lands of her inheritance, the 10th of Edward II. Which Hawyse held the office of marshal of Ireland by descent." 246:
Scott-Thomson, Gladys,F.R.H.S. Two Centuries of Family History, London, 1930. (A study of the Bedford Russell early pedigree). Several similar misappropriations of lineages of ancient families are given in this
224:'s "Survey of Devon", p.386: "The manor of Morley did belong to John Shapleigh, Esq., who sold it to John Seale, of Mount Boon, Esq., from whom it was purchased by Lord Boringdon, the present proprietor" 308: 237:, the librarian at Woburn of the Duke of Bedford, who produced a pedigree of the Russells containing a fabricated link to the mediaeval Russell family of Kingston Russell 298: 303: 183: 177: 171: 165: 142: 136: 130: 120: 73: 283: 156: 209: 29: 105: 313: 234: 61: 278: 49: 41: 17: 45: 80:
in Devon, of the apparently unrelated Parker family which originated from humble origins in
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Alianore Lovel, 7th Baroness Morley nÊe de Morley (1442–1476), Baron Morley in her right.
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in Devon, on his elevation to the dignity of an earl in 1815, chose the title
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Thomas Parker, 15th Baron Morley (c. 1636 – 1697) (abeyant 1697)
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The dormant and extinct baronage of England – Banks – PP356ff
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Alice Parker, 9th Baroness Morley, nÊe Lovel (c. 1467 – 1518)
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Coat of Arms of Sir Thomas de Morley, 4th Baron Morley
189:Henry Parker, 14th Baron Morley (c. 1600 – 1655) 151:Sir William Lovel, 7th Baron Morley (died 1476) 210:Complete Peerage, 1st edition, Volume V, P 370 117:William Morley, 1st Baron Morley (d. c. 1302) 8: 309:Abeyant baronies in the Peerage of England 202: 72:It can be no coincidence that in 1815 44:. On 29 December 1299 William Morley, 7: 68:Unrelated Earldom of Morley (1815) 25: 184:William Parker, 13th Baron Morley 18:Alice Parker, 9th Baroness Morley 178:Edward Parker, 12th Baron Morley 74:John Parker, 2nd Baron Boringdon 279:Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages 172:Henry Parker, 11th Baron Morley 166:Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley 143:Robert Morley, 6th Baron Morley 137:Thomas Morley, 5th Baron Morley 131:Thomas Morley, 4th Baron Morley 121:Robert Morley, 2nd Baron Morley 299:1299 establishments in England 1: 157:Henry Lovel, 8th Baron Morley 304:Noble titles created in 1299 96:) in Devon, midway between 92:of Morley (modern spelling 330: 235:Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen 34: 32: 112:Barons Morley (1299) 50:Morley Saint Botolph 174:(1531/c. 1532–1577) 40:was a title in the 220:1810 Additions to 42:peerage of England 35: 46:lord of the manor 16:(Redirected from 321: 266: 263: 257: 254: 248: 244: 238: 231: 225: 218: 212: 207: 186:(c. 1575 – 1622) 180:(c. 1550 – 1618) 168:(c. 1486 – 1556) 139:(c. 1393 – 1435) 133:(c. 1354 – 1416) 106:Kingston Russell 76:(1772–1840), of 21: 329: 328: 324: 323: 322: 320: 319: 318: 289: 288: 275: 270: 269: 264: 260: 255: 251: 245: 241: 232: 228: 222:Tristram Risdon 219: 215: 208: 204: 199: 114: 70: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 327: 325: 317: 316: 311: 306: 301: 291: 290: 287: 286: 281: 274: 271: 268: 267: 258: 249: 239: 226: 213: 201: 200: 198: 195: 194: 193: 190: 187: 181: 175: 169: 163: 160: 154: 153: 152: 146: 140: 134: 128: 124: 118: 113: 110: 86:Earl of Morley 69: 66: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 326: 315: 314:Barons Morley 312: 310: 307: 305: 302: 300: 297: 296: 294: 285: 282: 280: 277: 276: 272: 262: 259: 253: 250: 243: 240: 236: 230: 227: 223: 217: 214: 211: 206: 203: 196: 191: 188: 185: 182: 179: 176: 173: 170: 167: 164: 161: 158: 155: 150: 149: 147: 144: 141: 138: 135: 132: 129: 125: 122: 119: 116: 115: 111: 109: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 83: 79: 78:Saltram House 75: 67: 65: 63: 59: 55: 51: 47: 43: 39: 31: 27: 19: 261: 252: 242: 229: 216: 205: 82:North Molton 71: 38:Baron Morley 37: 36: 26: 265:Banks, P357 256:Banks, P356 159:(1466–1489) 145:(1418–1443) 102:Kingsbridge 293:Categories 197:References 62:Parliament 127:therein." 94:Moreleigh 58:summoned 273:Sources 54:Norfolk 98:Totnes 56:, was 247:work. 233:e.g. 90:manor 100:and 60:to 52:in 48:of 295:: 20:)

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Alice Parker, 9th Baroness Morley

peerage of England
lord of the manor
Morley Saint Botolph
Norfolk
summoned
Parliament
John Parker, 2nd Baron Boringdon
Saltram House
North Molton
Earl of Morley
manor
Moreleigh
Totnes
Kingsbridge
Kingston Russell
Robert Morley, 2nd Baron Morley
Thomas Morley, 4th Baron Morley
Thomas Morley, 5th Baron Morley
Robert Morley, 6th Baron Morley
Henry Lovel, 8th Baron Morley
Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley
Henry Parker, 11th Baron Morley
Edward Parker, 12th Baron Morley
William Parker, 13th Baron Morley
Complete Peerage, 1st edition, Volume V, P 370
Tristram Risdon
Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

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