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'We in England divide our people commonly into four sorts.'
The first are gentlemen, which covers everyone from nobles to professionals; next come the citizens of the cities, who are free men with special privileges; next come the yeomen of the countryside; and finally the poor – day labourers, servants and vagrants, who have 'neither voice nor authority'. - William Harrison, a country parson,

Title:	Dates:	Held by:
King Address: "Your Majesty" By the Grace of God, King of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith and of the Church of England and also of Ireland in Earth, under Jesus Christ, Supreme Head	1485 - 1509 1509 - 1547 1547 - 1553	Henry VII Henry VIII Edward
Queen (Equal to a King)	1553 - 1558 1558 - 1603	Mary I Elizabeth I
Queen Consort	1509 - 1533 1533 - 1536 1536 - 1537 1540 1540 - 1542 1543 - 1547	Katherine of Aragon Anne Boleyn Jane Seymour Anne of Cleves Katherine Howard Catherine Parr
Queen Regent		Katherine of Aragon Catherine Parr
Prince/Princess of Wales Address: "Your Highness"		Mary Tudor Elizabeth Tudor Edward Tudor
Dowager Princess of Wales		Katherine of Aragon
DUKE/Duchess Address: "Your Grace" Ducal Coronet Silver-gilt coronet of eight strawberry leaves (three and two halves shown)	A duke is the highest non-royal title in British peerage. Dukes are technically princes since they descended directly from a King.	A duke is addressed as His Grace. The younger sons are addressed by the title Lord and then their Christian name. Daughters are titled Lady. The eldest sons of dukes have precedence immediately below marquesses and use one of their father's secondary titles.
Duke of Norfolk Premier Duke of England & is also Earl Marshall & Earl of Arundel	1514 - 1524 from 1524	Thomas Howard (2nd) Thomas Howard (3rd) Thomas Howard (4th)
Duke of Cornwall First Dukedom created in English peerage with Edward, the Black Prince (1337) The present Prince Charles, son of Elizabeth II, is Duke of Cornwall	1502 - 1509 Jan/Feb 1511 Dec 1514 c. August 1534 1537 - 1547	Henry Tudor (Henry VIII) Henry Tudor (son of Katherine of Aragon - died) Henry Tudor ( 2nd son of Katherine of Aragon- died) Henry Tudor (stillborn son of Anne Boleyn) Edward Tudor (son of Jane Seymour)
Duke of Richmond	1519 - 1536	Henry Fitzroy (1st) Henry VIII's illegitimate son

Duke of York Since the 15th C, this title has been usually given to the second son of the Monarch. Since the second creation (1474), none of the holders of the title have ever transmitted it: they either died without male heirs or became King themselves. The current Duke of York is Prince Andrew, second son of Elizabeth II.	1494 - 1509	Henry Tudor (when he became King Henry VIII in 1509, the title Duke of York was merged with the Crown of England)
Duke of Buckingham		Edward Stafford (3rd)
Duke of Suffolk	1514 - 1545 1535 - 1551 1537 - 1551 1551 - 1554	Charles Brandon (1st - 2nd creation) Henry Brandon (2nd) Charles Brandon (3rd) Henry Grey (1st - 3rd creation
Duke of Somerset	1443-1444 1519 - 1536 1547-1552	John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset (father of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII) Henry Fitzroy (Henry VIII's illegitimate son) Edward Seymour despite forfeiting the title, the dukedom has stayed in the Seymour family till the present
MARQUESS(Marquis)/Lady Marquess Address: "Your Grace" Marquess Coronet Coronet of silver gilt with four strawberry leaves (one and two halves shown) and four silver balls (emblazoned as two showing)	The second most important title in peerage is the Marquess. In Scotland the preferred spelling for pre-Union titles is Marquis which reflects France's influence. The title is from "march" which means boundary, as in that once hostile area between England and Wales	A Marquess is "The Most Hon." and his/her children are addressed identically to those of a duke. The eldest son also bears one of his father's subsidiary titles
Marquess of Pembroke This title was created for Anne Boleyn, to make her the most important woman (of non-royal status) in England. The title was derived from that of the Earl of Pembroke, a title once held by Henry's Welsh great-uncle, Jasper Tudor. Technically Anne Boleyn held the masculine title of Marquess not Marchioness, the term was not used until centuries later. The 16th century feminine title of Marquess (a wife of a Marquess) was 'Lady Marquess'.	1532 - 1533	Anne Boleyn
Marquess of Exeter	1525-1538	Henry Courtenay, (2nd)
Marquess of Dorset	1477 - 1530 1530 - 1554	Thomas Grey (2nd) Henry Grey (3rd)
EARL/Countess Address: "Your Excellency" Earl Coronet coronet has eight silver balls raised upon points (five shown) and alternate gold strawberry leave (four shown)	The word Earl is from the Anglo-Saxon magnate known as an ealdorman who was a local ruler. An earl was invested by the Sovereign with the sword he wore at his waist - hence the term 'a belted earl'.	The eldest son of an earl always bears one of his father's (or mother's) secondary titles. The other sons are "Hon." Daughters are styled Lady.
Earl of Arundel Oldest & Premier Earldom	1512 - 1580	Henry FitzAlan
Earl of Surrey	to 1514 1514 - 1524 from 1524	Thomas Howard (1st) Thomas Howard (2nd) Henry Howard (3rd)
Earl of Wiltshire	From 1529	Thomas Boleyn
Earl of Northumberland	to 1527 from 1527	Henry Algernon Percy Henry Percy
Earl of Ormonde	to 1515 from 1529	Thomas Butler Thomas Boleyn
Earl of Shrewsbury		George Talbot
Earl of Worcester		Charles Somerset
Earl of Devon	1502-1511 1511-1538	William Courtenay Henry Courtenay
Countess of Salisbury	1474 - 1539 (forfeit)	Margaret Pole (daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence) 8th
Earl of Richmond	1452-1456 1456-1509	Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond Henry Tudor, 2nd Earl of Richmond
VISCOUNT/Viscountess Address: "Your Excellency" Viscount Coronet Silver-gilt coronet set with sixteen silver balls (nine shown)	Viscounts are known as the Master of "Whatever". Such designations are not courtesy titles but ancient and honorable designations.	The children of a Viscount are called "Hon." even if the Viscount in question has a secondary title of baron.
Viscount Rochford	1525 - 1529 1529 - 1536	Thomas Boleyn George Boleyn
Viscountess Rochford	1532 - 1533 c. 1524 - 1542	Anne Boleyn, (Lady Anne Rochford) Jane Boleyn (Lady Jane Rochford, wife of George Boleyn)
BARON/Baroness Address: "Your Excellency" Baron Coronet A plain silver-gilt circlet set with six silver balls (four shown)	Barons are the lowest rank of peerage, yet are the most ancient of all titles.	The children of a baron are called "Hon." and their heirs bear no subsidiary title
Baron Hunsdon		Henry Carey (1st)
BARONET Address: "Sir, Lady or Dame"	A lesser order of barons, peerage introduced to England and Ireland by King James I. Before the 17th century, baronetcies were rarely granted in England let alone during the Tudors.
Bart Quarendon		Henry Lee (1st)
KNIGHT (Lord/Lady) Address: "Sir, Lady or Dame"	In the 1520s, there are about 200 knights, plus 4,000 or 5,000 lesser esquires and gentlemen. In all, only about 5% of the population are gentlemen, but their numbers are growing. 'Gentlemen' and 'gentlewomen' comprise the upper classes and professionals, who do not work with their hands for a living.

CHURCH POSITIONS
Bishop Bishop's Mitre
Bishop of Ely	1551-1553	Thomas Goodrich
Bishop of Durham	1523-1529 1530-1559	Thomas Wolsey Cuthbert Tunstall
Bishop of London	1502-1504 1550-1553 1559-1570 1577-1594	William Warham Nicolas Ridley Edmund Grindal (chaplan of Edward VI) John Aylmer (former tutor of Lady Jane Grey)
Bishop of Wincester	1529-1530 1531-1551, 1553-1555	Thomas Wolsey Stephen Gardiner
Archbishop of Canterbury	1487-1500 1504 -1532 1533 - 1555 1556 - 1558 1559-1575	John Morton William Warham Thomas Cranmer Reginald Pole Matthew Parker (chaplan to Anne Boleyn)

Archbishop of York	to 1530 1556-1558	Thomas Wolsey Nicolas Heath
Cardinal		Thomas Wplsey
OTHER POSITIONS/TITLES Address: "My Lord, My Lady"	The titles 'Mr' and 'Mrs' simply signify gentry status – 'Mrs' does not yet mean that a woman is married

Court Offices

Title:	Dates:	Held by:
Chancellor	to 1529 1529 - 1532 from 1533	Thomas Wolsey Thomas More Thomas Audley
Controller of the Household	to 1519 1520 - 1522 1522 - 1532 from 1532	Edward Poynages Thomas Boleyn Henry Guildford William Paulet
King's Secretary	1529 - 1534 1534 - 1540	Stephen Gardiner Thomas Cromwell
Treasurer of the Household	1519 - 1521 1521 - 1525 from 1525	Edward Poynages Thomas Boleyn William Fitzwilliam

Coronet and mitre images from University of Notre Dame's Heraldic Dictionary

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