tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post1315247012770773753..comments2024-03-23T15:35:20.874-05:00Comments on Tudor Q and A: Question from Caitlin - Burial and mourning customsLarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630629272030282584noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-67269745338625641562013-01-04T23:19:05.170-06:002013-01-04T23:19:05.170-06:00Small correction, there was also Sir William Parr ...Small correction, there was also Sir William Parr who was created 1st Marquess or "Marquis" of Northampton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-91948791837824791612012-11-30T19:40:41.050-06:002012-11-30T19:40:41.050-06:00Since your query has gone unanswered, Caitlin, I&#...Since your query has gone unanswered, Caitlin, I'm going to give it a go.<br /><br />First, I am wondering why your duke's seemingly quite young grandson is an earl? How did he come by an earldom so early in life? The grandson of a duke is not automatically an earl, even in the courtesy title system. He would be simply "Lord".<br /><br />Similarly, the son of a duke is not automatically a marquis. The title "Marquis" was very rare in the medieval and early Tudor period. There were only two: that of Dorset (the Greys of Bradgate) and that of Pembroke (Anne Boleyn), both of which were suo jure (in their own right) titles. I am not aware of any duke's son who was styled "Marquis" as a courtesy title in the Tudor era. Most duke's sons were "courtesy" Earls in that period. <br /><br />For specifics on mourning customs in the Tudor era, I strongly recommend David Cressy's "Birth, Marriage, and Death: Ritual, Religion and the Life-Cycle in Tudor and Stuart England". It is an excellent and very comprehensive book, and is available in most university libraries (and perhaps on Amazon).PhD Historianhttp://www.somegreymatter.comnoreply@blogger.com