Excerpt from The Question of the Precedency of the Peers of Ireland in England: Fairly Stated in a Letter to an English Lord, by a Nobleman of the Other KingdomRichard II. Created a new Order, bearing the Title of Marquis, which be ranked be tween the Dukes and Earls, depr1v1ng the latter a fecond time of their Precedency.Henry VI. Hri'c introduced the Dignity of Vifcount, and gave it Place before all 821 rons.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.