Earl Of Lancaster

2 recorded holders. ← all offices

The succession the rolls themselves record for this office, earliest first — a finding aid drawn from the roll text, not an authoritative fasti. Spelling variants of one holder now fold together where the volumes' own printed indexes attest them (“Burghers” and “Burghersh” are one man when the editors say so); the opposite case — one name hiding two men — is proposed from the same indexes and from matched identities, and separates only after human confirmation. Until then a shared name lists as one holder, and the list can be checked against printed succession lists (Fasti / VCH).

1. Henry de Lancastre 1327 ×2
   • 1327-05-12 — the sheriff of Northampton. Order to supersede the taking of the of Ralph de (sic) Basset and of the men of his company until their from Scotland, whither they …
2. Henry de Laneastria 1327
   • 1327-05-12 — To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to supersede the taking of the of Ralph de (sic) Basset and of the men of his company until their return from Scotland, whi…

Ordered by the first date each holder appears with the office — where a holder is undated they sort last. Dates are the roll entries' own, not tenure dates.
Cite: “earl of Lancaster”, Reading the Rolls, https://readingtherolls.com/office/earl-of-lancaster, accessed 2026-07-25. Derived from the printed calendars of the medieval English royal records.